Brett, see if any of these make sense: This may provide overview (but not specifics on text-only) Design for Usability, presented at WWW6 http://www.dotparagon.com/resources/usability.html Bobby http://www.cast.org/bobby/ Run some sample pages thru the test -- it IDs issues -- a little technical in explanations, though Compatibility and Accessibility http://www.pantos.org/atw/access.html "Click Hear" ... "Some Readers ... Aren't" .... "The art of ALT" .... "Could Helen Keller Read Your Page" .. "Accommodating Imperfection" > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Methods Communication -- 425.965.6901 > Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our >potential. ~ Liane Cardes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > > > ---------- > From: Brett Lorenzen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Anyone know of a newbie-friendly intro to the issue of browser > compatability and text-only access? > > I need to help a colleague get up to speed on what a text-only browser > is, what the compatablity/degradability thing is all about, and when > something is/isn't accessible to (in particular) Lynx users and what the > causes are (both HTML-related, as well as some basics on network details > like "the sysadmin hasn't upgraded it in 5 years"). > > If it helps any, her task is to manage our on-line daily news summary. > We want to give out email versions, but *only* to people who can make a > real case for not being able to get it on the web (i.e, users in Vietnam > paying $2 a minute fo online access, people in Africa with only Pine and > no lynx installed on their inherited VAX machine). It will eventually > be advertiser sponsored, so we have to maintain tight control over the > email version and make sure it's limited, and only sent to people who > aren't recirculating it. Thus, she needs to be able to have some > background in this stuff to be able to assess these requests. > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
