Wong wrote: >Ok, so > a programmer may not be able to come out with works of art, > but hey, I just > want a corporate-looking site. Banner on top, footer bottom, > menu on the > left yadda yadda. Mr programmer, you can do that, right?
No, go read "How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility? Results from a Large Study" http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/news/report3_credibilityresearch/stanfordPTL_abstract.htm I have started using that report to get programmers who think they can design - out of any design work. A well designed site is far more credible than a poorly designed site. Bob Regan from Macromedia's accessibility guru at a presentation a couple of years back said something like "if you want to sell the advantages of accessibility/CSS/XHTML point the client to http://www.csszengarden.com/ because it is sexy and sex sells" Nick This email is from the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection and any information or attachments to it may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please reply mail to the sender informing them of the error and delete all copies from your computer system, including attachments and your reply email. As the information is confidential you must not disclose, copy or use it in any manner. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
