[thelist] When should you redirect? (was site redirect check)

[Philippe Jadin]

> How?  once you have hit the page, its too late isn't it?  your browser is
> already trying to download and render the page.  You're right, js can't
read
> your mind, nor can it determine whether you are colour blind or have poor
> eyesight.  I like the idea of letting the user choose, but the
> practicalities would be difficult.

I suppose you mean when users are coming from a search engine result and
when they are not at the front page of the site (then I can only recommend
js
or nothing)?

else ...

> Would it be possible to have a "gateway page" with various options, say
for
> blind users, to serve them up the same page in a different format? that
> could be achieved with server side code couldn't it?

Use a simple front page that let the user choose between different versions
of your site. If you don't like front pages, look at your stats and choose
the version which is most visited, make it the default one, and add visible
links on this version to other versions available...

> I don't think that would be possible using client side code? any thoughts?
Everything is possible, but it's imho not the most efficient way of doing
things. The first tool to learn would be ssi, then maybe php or asp or
coldfusion or zope if you dare...

With simple ssi you can do a lot allready.

This won't be a problem when the mindreader plugin will be available for
both netscape and ie though.

Philippe