Re: RE:[WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread t94xr.net.nz webmaster
Title: RE:[WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment I played around with flash - in a wk i made blue box move from one side to another :D!! - Original Message - From: Sean M. Hall AKA Dante To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 6:14 PM Subject

RE[WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Sean M. Hall AKA Dante
Title: RE[WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment The last part of my mail should've read "I was never good with animation"; sorry for the error (it's 11:30 PM here in San Francisco right now).

Re: RE:[WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread t94xr.net.nz webmaster
Title: RE:[WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment Wooops the link in the other email is actually... http://www.taupowebdesigns.co.nz/ sorry :$ Camz www.t94xr.net.nz

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Chris Stratford
That was my originaly thought... I am still contemplating what to do. I really want to make it look appealing - and yet still compliant. Good point that the graphics are still all the same - regardless of the code. Something I may have forgotten. Well you have some very good points which I

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Chris Stratford
Yes, thanks! I was going to have these areas: - Upcoming Events, - Forums, - Guestbook, [maybe a forum thread?] - Member Pages [free passes etc...], - Photo Album (if I get around to taking Pix) And a news reel with contact panel etc... t94xr.net.nz webmaster wrote: I would

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Chris Stratford
Hall AKA Dante wrote: RE:[WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment "Use to force [of Web Standards]" And if that doesn't work there's always good ol "eennie meenie miney mo" Standards-based sites can be flashy, personally I wouldn't mess around with that &

RE: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Mike Pepper
Chris, look at it this way: they're all going to be tripping, anyway, so you're just doubling up on the psychedelic experience :o) Don't do it. Go standards. My stepson's heading a D B/Jungle unit so I've got to dip more than a toe into that environment very shortly. I didn't even

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Jeff Davies
Horses for courses - you build what will attract your client's audience - if the client requires a site for a niche audience with it's own characteristics (as long as these are known not just assumed) then a lot of the usual cliches about not losing part of the potential audience MAY not

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Jeff Davies
Horses for courses - you build what will attract your client's audience - if the client requires a site for a niche audience with it's own characteristics (as long as these are known not just assumed) then a lot of the usual cliches about not losing part of the potential audience MAY not

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Russ Weakley - Maxdesign
I think can beat that! I played around with flash and and then Peter and I were threatened with defamation in the Supreme Court of Queensland: http://news.awn.com/index.php?newsitem_no=4149 But that was before we became responsible listparents :) Russ I played around with flash - in a wk i

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
Russ Weakley - Maxdesign [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I played around with flash and and then Peter and I were threatened with defamation in the Supreme Court of Queensland: http://news.awn.com/index.php?newsitem_no=4149 Is the site no longer up? -- Kay Smoljak http://www.newlookhair.com.au

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Neerav
I can view it in Firefox 0.8 , heres the text for ppl who cant access it for some reason http://news.awn.com/index.php?newsitem_no=4149 Australian Government Sets Out To Ban Political Web Game January 23, 2001 Government officials in Australia are threatening a lawsuit against WebWank.net for

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Kym Kovan
Hi Kay, http://news.awn.com/index.php?newsitem_no=4149 Is the site no longer up? I can see it, and had a good giggle :-) -- Yours, Kym * The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-05 Thread Kay Smoljak
Neerav [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I can view it in Firefox 0.8 , heres the text for ppl who cant access it for some reason http://news.awn.com/index.php?newsitem_no=4149 Sorry, I meant the site the article talks about - webwank.net - I want to throw tampons at John Howard! -- Kay Smoljak

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment - OT

2004-06-05 Thread Russ Weakley - Maxdesign
Apologies to all - I seem to have done some thread hijacking of my own! That off-topic post was made in a flippant mood on Saturday night. The site in question was taken down a year or two ago, so the games cannot be seen. However, the front page is still available on the wayback machine (may

Re: [WSG] Standards Compliance -vs- User Enjoyment

2004-06-04 Thread t94xr.net.nz webmaster
I would recommend you do both - have a standards compliant accessable site, but include an interactive area. A xhtml/css php/mysql"photobook" with the club at certian nights - preferably the peak holiday periods. Give them the best of both worlds. a quick loading site with an area where