In addition to bobby (an excellent resource), I've also used:
Doctor HTML (http://www.imagiware.com/RxHTML/)
Doctor Watson (http://watson.addy.com/) (temporarily unavailable)
and a program called 'browserola' (I believe you can find it at
www.download.com).
But, are global issues just about old browser compatability? I would imagine
that languages & customs and even usage habits would be just as much if not
more so of an issue. Although, I suppose we're a long way from having a cgi
script that will run to say, "Rural Russians live an a agrarian lifestyle
with heavy emphasis on equality and community and therefore will take
offense to your navigation scheme which relies on singling out the 3 main
areas of your site..."
...or something like that...
are there other issues to be dealt with?
-J
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Our bodies are garbage heaps: we collect experience, and from the
decomposition of the thrown-out eggshells, spinach leaves, coffee
grinds, and old steak bones of our minds come nitrogen, heat, and very
fertile soil.� Out of this fertile soil bloom our poems and stories.
���� --Natalie Goldberg
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gill,
Kathy
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 1:42 PM
To: 'WC'
Subject: RE: WC:>: new member
Hi, Jason -- what do you mean by "global friendly"? You can use Bobby to
check for accessibility issues, which is valuable information --
particularly for people who might be accessing your site with less than the
latest version of the big two browsers:
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
It's a good idea to hire good writers who know how to write
"idiom-slang-free" prose.
Anecdote -- I sent an e-mail to a person in England, off list, using some
American slang for "thanks - I agree - great job" (I don't remember the
details). She wrote back, with a "huh?" I explained. It turned out that
whatever slang I had used meant exactly the opposite in England.....
Shoulda used "good on ya ...." <g>
> Kathy E. Gill
>
>
> From: Jason Epstein[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
> can you recommend any good sites that talk about how to ensure that your
> site is 'global friendly'? or any good ones about strip mining of oceans
:)
>
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