Hi Abigail, I apologize for the delay in response...things are crazy around here. I took a look at the alternative layout and I like it very much. The link is prominent enough that it won't get lost in the shuffle, yet it doesn't detract from the menu. Good job.
Let us know once it is completely finished! Will Stewart -----Original Message----- From: Abigail Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 6:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [wdvltalk] RE: SSI browser sniffing On Saturday, August 23, 2003, 6:03:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] commented: cwc> It works well enough on IE 6. The question is why would you want cwc> something like that on your site; especially before your menu? Will, I want to clarify my other answer to you. The page with the browser-sniffer is under development, and I have been working several months on getting the FUNCTION to work - that is, getting the javascript working, cross-browser checking, etc. LAYOUT is something I hadn't given much thought to -- for testing purposes, it was easiest for me to have the form near the top of the page where I could see it and work with it easily. Also, because of a technical reason related to the way the script itself is coded, the it is difficult to move the color/font changing forms around, as depending on their position on the page, the javascript may need to be recoded with various layout adjustments. I hadn't even intended to ask for a site review of this page yet, except I mentioned the form in another context, and when Rudy got an error message on the form - I remembered that I had a buggy browser sniffer in place. That got me motivated to fix the browser sniffer, and once I had done that I wanted to test it. Your comment about layout is very useful, and actually prompted me to develop an alternative layout which I will probably adopt: http://www.dyslexia.com/build/index4.html (Note, the "Customize Site" button does NOT work - this page has been redone for purposes of layout only). I think your comment about layout was helpful and important. You should know that what I am doing is redesigning the interface at http://www.dyslexia.com/ I am working with a situation where basically I'm trying to take our site into the 21st century (The Wayback Machine at archive.org tells me that those hokey graphic navigation buttons were on the site back in December 1998). I'm working with a situation where I want to make some big changes, but for reasons of usability I don't want to make them too drastic -- that is, we don't want the new interface to scare away the users who are used to the "old" (current) one. This is a site for dyslexia - 46% of our site visitors say that they are dyslexic - which is why the users are going to be delighted with the site customization form, but they won't be able to find it without a very prominent link. I'm also sure to get a few complaints from users who will miss the picture-based navigation - even though the new array is much more compatible with screen readers. Anyway, I do want to thank you - it is helpful to me to have feedback on overall usability. It will still be awhile before changes go live, because it is a big site and I have to upgrade all the pages to be CSS-compliant and recognize the style-changing cookie - but it's good for me to have constructive feedback along the way. -Abigail ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
