[thelist] Jakob Nielsen [was Anti-aliasing]
.jeff
jeff at members.evolt.org
Mon Feb 25 21:50:00 CST 2002
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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