[thelist] Jakob Nielsen [was Anti-aliasing]

[.jeff]

aardvark,

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> From: aardvark
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> you're gonna have to help me out on this one...  i find
> his arguments generally accurate, if not on-the-nose...
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me too.

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> heck, just the bullet list is spot-on... what about this
> is not accurate?
> - The "Back" button does not work.[...]
> - Link colors don't work.[...]
> - The "Make text bigger/smaller" button does not
>   work.[...]
> - Flash reduces accessibility for users with
>   disabilities.
> - The "Find in page" feature does not work.[...]
> - Internationalization and localization is
>   complicated.[...]
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while we're listing deficiencies, lemme add a few more:

 - link destinations are masked
   - does this link take me offsite?
   - does this link open in this window?
   - does this link open in a new window?  if so,
     - is this a regular new window?
     - is this a popup window with a bunch of browser
       ui removed?
 - can't link to an individual "page" within a large
   site flash movie
 - can't select a portion of the text and print just
   the selection
 - all the nonsense associated with getting forms to
   behave properly within a flash file.
   - tabindex
   - accesskeys
   - expected behavior of select elements
   - pressing enter to submit (or not, if you're
     using nn4)
 - the lack of auto-complete (if you use it.  i do
   and find it a huge timesavings, but it's completely
   broken in flash forms)
 - lack of continuity in the implementation of
   scrollable elements
 - lack of complete support of all possible methods
   of interacting with scrollable elements to include:
   - mousewheel
   - arrow keys
   - clicking and dragging the scrollbar that's sized
     in proportion to the content contained in the
     scrollable region
   - clicking between the scrollbar and the scroll
     buttons and having the scrollable area scroll
     a page-worth
   - clicking a scroll button and the scrollable area
     moving approximately the same amount as i have
     all the rest of my window's apps set to scroll
   - clicking and holding the scroll button and having
     the scrollable content scroll at my configured
     scroll rate until i release.
   - right-clicking the scrollbar and being able to
     access a context menu to select my desired scroll
     behavior.
     - scroll here
     - top
     - bottom
     - page up
     - page down
     - scroll up
     - scroll down

and, if you're still feeling like there's something missing, here's a thread
on flash and accessibility on thesite:

http://evolt.org/article/thelist/17/20938/

just my 2c,

.jeff

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