Re: [WSG] occam's razor again - was [ TARGET in 4.01 Strict ]

2006-02-16 Thread Terrence Wood
blqberi: I agree, but just how low do you go? "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Einstein. ..  on my current job I maintain my dept's intranet site... things are so painfully simple a 2 year old could use the site with ease... unfortunately the adults using

Re: [WSG] occam's razor again - was [ TARGET in 4.01 Strict ]

2006-02-16 Thread Kat
blqberi wrote: I agree, but just how low do you go?.. on my current job I maintain my dept's intranet site... things are so painfully simple a 2 year old could use the site with ease... unfortunately the adults using the site still have difficulty, or maybe these are less than ordinary use

Re: [WSG] occam's razor again - was [ TARGET in 4.01 Strict ]

2006-02-16 Thread blqberi
---"we MUST start at the lowest common denominator and design for the 'ordinary' user so that the site is easy to use on day one, but as he/she becomes more literate he/she can use the options of their own choice."   I agree, but just how low do you go?..  on my current job I maintain

Re: [WSG] occam's razor again - was [ TARGET in 4.01 Strict ]

2006-02-16 Thread Justin Owens
> Back button? I'd like to bet > that >75% of users don't know what that is! > But I repeat, we MUST start at the lowest common denominator and design > for the 'ordinary' user so that the site is easy to use on day one, but > as he/she becomes more literate he/she can use the options of their ow

Re: [WSG] occam's razor again - was [ TARGET in 4.01 Strict ]

2006-02-16 Thread Rimantas Liubertas
> Back button? I'd like to bet > that >75% of users don't know what that is! Then how comes, that researches constantly show that "Back" buttons is second most used navigational device, first being clicking a link? AFAIK first research on the subject was by Catledge and Pitkow in 1995[1] then co

Re: [WSG] occam's razor again - was [ TARGET in 4.01 Strict ]

2006-02-16 Thread russ - maxdesign
> There have been a lot of opinions expressed in this thread - lot's of > valid points and lots of invalid points. However, cutting through the > maze of details etc leads me to emphasise that when dealing with > accessibility (for the able as well as the disabled) one should always > approach web

[WSG] occam's razor again - was [ TARGET in 4.01 Strict ]

2006-02-16 Thread Designer
There have been a lot of opinions expressed in this thread - lot's of valid points and lots of invalid points. However, cutting through the maze of details etc leads me to emphasise that when dealing with accessibility (for the able as well as the disabled) one should always approach web desig