Veine, I'm not trying to be harsh or anything, but the reason for not using image maps is primarily accessibility.
Have a look at this: http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mainemaritime.edu%2Fredesign That's your site as seen through a Lynx browser - text only. GoogleBot and screen-readers would get a similar amount of meaning out of it. As you can see, the image map doesn't work very well at all for programs which only read text. Of course it depends on your target audience, but I'd think the problem with Google alone should be enough to convince you. :) Regards, Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Veine K Vikberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Browser / OS combo irregularity > Ryan; > > Lets hear your reasoning for not using them, and I am willing to change if > your reasoning is good enough ;o) > However, this client is these days *very* concerned with download time, and > as it stands the page is downloading at approximately 8 seconds on a 56K > modem under perfect conditions (not that it ever is but...) and that is > what he wanted +2 seconds (he said under 10) with the graphics broken > up, I am close to that ten second mark, but if there is something I do not > know about image maps, please enlighten me. (I did the one located at > http://www.mainemaritime.edu 3 years ago when wait was the norm so it was > no concern) > > Regards > ~Veine > > At 07:25 PM 2/2/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > > >This really has nothing to do with your email, but I'd recommend staying > >away from image maps :) i always peek under the hood at the sites that get > >sent out on the list. As it's not released yet, you'd still have time to > >change your deployment method. If you don't agree, that's cool. I'm just > >biased against them :) > > > >--Ryan > >http://www.theward.net > > > >Veine K Vikberg wrote: > > > >>Hello; > >> > >>http://www.mainemaritime.edu/redesign > >> > >>On Mac (OS8.5/IE5.1) looks good, except for around the search box, where > >>there is some weird things going on. > >> > >>If anyone has any help/advice/links to help I would greatly appreciate > >>them, especially the first problem as the client will look on his page > >>through NS 7.1/XP Pro > >> > >> TIA & Regards > >> ~Veine > > > >Veine K Vikberg > >http://www.vikberg.net > >Professional Web Guru > ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *****************************************************
