[thelist] Old Browsers old Software, cut bait and move on.

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 12 00:28:18 CDT 2001


> From: Paola Kathuria <paola at limitless.co.uk>
[...]
> Probably, but I don't understand why this is necessary anymore.
> There seems to me to be a myth that an accessible
> (backwardly-compatible) site has to be a site that is dull, just
> text, no design and no interactivity.  I have wondered whether
> the (sorry...) crappy web sites of various usability "gurus"
> has created this myth.

yes.

and if i sound like i'm speaking from the mount, i am... i toss away 
all veils of humility and absolutely say that those damn usability 
experts can't design and have given usability/accessibility bad 
street cred in design circles...

> Anyway, for the past few years, I've wished there was a
> respected review/awards site which acknowledged these
> attributes equally (content, design, usability and
> accessibility).  Too many official awards focus on visual
> design.

many have tried, all have failed... although i like the 5k awards, 
probably the only web award that has any merit in my eyes...

> I think that Evolt is the perfect forum to host such a
> review mechanism or awards system.  Hopefully someone will
> read this far down to see the suggestion! (It's something
> I've been thinking about for a while and so I can put my
> vision of it in writing if anyone's interested.)

well, do you really want me to be a judge?  have you *read* some 
of my posts... ugh, everyone loses... go home and work on your 
mousetraps...

that is, of course, a joke... ok, only the second part...





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