[Sussex] html and stuff

[Scoot]

Steve,

> So now do you care about non-IE browsers?
>
        I think I explained myself incorrectly, I am interested in the
content being visible to different browsers, especially so as I am trying to
get used to Linux and would like the site to be viewed fine through it so
others might have less 'niggles' about trying it.  I was just trying to get
across his viewpoint.  When the site was designed I had no experience with
any other browsers apart from IE so that was what I viewed it with and all
looked fine, and I thought it would view just the same in all browsers,
since installing Linux however I know this is not the case, and told him so.
The view expressed, his view, was that most people used IE so he wasn't that
bothered.  I was just using his reply as an example of what might be
considered a typical viewpoint to from the average computer user,
(especially the freak reference!).  The more browsers that can view the page
as I intended, the higher the possibility of receiving enquiries, so it is
at least it is of a financial interest to him and I have pointed this out.
Accessing it with Mozilla made me realise that everything wasn't all going
to plan.  If I had known the .swf file wasn't viewable by all it wouldn't
have gone up, and indeed will be coming off soon.
        As far as any new laws such as you mentioned coming into existence,
I think one of the great things about the internet is that anyone can set up
a site about whatever they want without too much trouble, and I hope
complying to any such incoming laws won't make it too hard for people to
continue to do this, it would be a real shame.
    I would like to add that even though I used a graphics based editor, it
did lead me to learn some HTML coding to achieve things that the editor
couldn't/wouldn't do.  Also viewing the code, making changes and then
viewing the altered code, did help me understand a little more.


Scott

PS
> No post is a waste of time.  There is always something to learn
> for every post.
thanks, I was worried I was just gonna get flamed

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dobson" <SDobson at manh.com>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: RE: [Sussex] html and stuff


> Hi Scoot
>
> On 08 May 2003 at 12:28 Scoot wrote:
> <snip>
> > I thought all was fine 'till I tried accessing the site with
> > my Linux setup and saw bugger all, but I've told the owner it
> > doesn't display, at least on my Linux system and he said, "What
> > system ya freak?  It's alright on Windows thought, yea?" and he
> > likes it.
> >
> > Obviously this is of no real help in learning to design a site
> > properly, but for us was a cheap and effective alternative.
>
> There is more to designing a website than just getting it to look
> good for one type of user.  What if I told you and your friend that
> it can't be viewed by lynx[1] (I haven't tried cos I don't have lynx
> available to me)?  So what you might thing, but lynx, being a text
> only browser, just works on plan html - but like a brail browser.
>
> Again you may think that the blind are not an audience that your site
> needs to cater for; but there you are wrong.  There is a EU law, or
> is about to be [and also similar in the US], that requires that sites
> be accessible to the disabled.
>
> Don't laugh this off.  In France a private school set up a web site.
> As the school required all it's pupils to speak English so they didn't
> think it was worth it work to provide a French content as well as
> English.  Now France has a law that require French all websites to
> provide French content, this school was one of the first to be
> prosecuted under it.
>
> So now do you care about non-IE browsers?
>
> > Hope I haven't completely wasted your time,
>
> No post is a waste of time.  There is always something to learn
> for every post.
>
> Steve
>
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