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Other Added - Using Technologies Wisely To Build More Accessible Websites
As we all know there is office gossip and rumours that abound in the workplace. Some of them start as a joke and some as a result of overheard misinterpretation of a conversation. What we need to remember is that rumours hold no power on their own, it is the person that is passing it on that lends it credence. Now we do not want to allow us to stoop to their levels of unprofessionalism, but as it is your reputation that is being tarnished you need to address this as soon as possible. We do need to make su
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then tr
Search engines are the key to finding specific information on the vast expanse of the World Wide Web. Without the use of sophisticated search engines, it would be virtually impossible to locate anything on the Web.How Search Engine Robots Work ?Search Engines do not actually search the internet each time somebody types in a search query. This would take far too long. Instead, what they do is search through their databases of web sites they have already indexed. The Search Engine robots find
The amount of animation or interactivity will certainly affect the accessibility of the web page given that the technologies used to provide this type of content are usually not supported by user agents or many times not designed for people with disabilities. To consider how many people you could be letting behind I will base my study on the statistics of this site (HTMLQuick.com) which is completely accessible and provides a lot of textual information.
To look at some round numbers I will say that if the content of the site would be completely based on Flash or JavaScript we would be loosing from 1.77% to 4.55% of the visits due only to the lack of technologies, which could be a very large number of visitors if the site is successful. But lets take some considerations based on the most popular and problematic technologies available.
Flash
Flash is a great way to build animations and interactivity but could also be a big accessibility problem. Creating a website completely in Flash could let out a 2.78% of the visitors and make the site completely empty for search engines, which may be your primary inconvenience.
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then try
In this article I discuss some ineffective and/or unethical website promotion tactics. I talk about them here so that you won't waste your time and resources pursuing them.SpammingIf you're like me, you're sick and tired of receiving hundreds of spam messages in your mailbox every morning, and you would not consider buying anything they had to offer, even if it's something you really wanted.Needless to say, spammers are not the most decent people in the world, and it comes as
The amount of animation or interactivity will certainly affect the accessibility of the web page given that the technologies used to provide this type of content are usually not supported by user agents or many times not designed for people with disabilities. To consider how many people you could be letting behind I will base my study on the statistics of this site (HTMLQuick.com) which is completely accessible and provides a lot of textual information.
To look at some round numbers I will say that if the content of the site would be completely based on Flash or JavaScript we would be loosing from 1.77% to 4.55% of the visits due only to the lack of technologies, which could be a very large number of visitors if the site is successful. But lets take some considerations based on the most popular and problematic technologies available.
Flash
Flash is a great way to build animations and interactivity but could also be a big accessibility problem. Creating a website completely in Flash could let out a 2.78% of the visitors and make the site completely empty for search engines, which may be your primary inconvenience.
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then tr
While so many things are constantly changing on the Internet one thing has not changed at all. Good content still rules the day. After All, the majority of people that use the Internet are looking for information. The important thing to remember is that you must give it to them or your website will not do very well. Throwing a long hyped sales letter and using it as your website will not get it done.So many websites out there have no real content. Too often you will see a beautifully designed websi
To look at some round numbers I will say that if the content of the site would be completely based on Flash or JavaScript we would be loosing from 1.77% to 4.55% of the visits due only to the lack of technologies, which could be a very large number of visitors if the site is successful. But lets take some considerations based on the most popular and problematic technologies available.
Flash
Flash is a great way to build animations and interactivity but could also be a big accessibility problem. Creating a website completely in Flash could let out a 2.78% of the visitors and make the site completely empty for search engines, which may be your primary inconvenience.
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then tr
I had a telemarketer call me recently. Here’s a rough transcript of the conversation.Think about it…(Telemarketer) Hello, Mr. Yuille? (Me) Yes?Mr. Yuille, it’s Tracy from XYZ marketing (names changed to protect the innocent). Yes, Tracy,Mr. Yuille, I’m calling to update our mailing list. Yes,Can I just take a minute to check some details? Yes, but let me ask you; what do you want to send to me?Ah, well, I’m just new here and all I’m supposed to do is check the
Flash
Flash is a great way to build animations and interactivity but could also be a big accessibility problem. Creating a website completely in Flash could let out a 2.78% of the visitors and make the site completely empty for search engines, which may be your primary inconvenience.
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then tr
Good PR is harder to get than ever these days. There are many good reasons for this and the proliferation of PR agencies and one-man bands play only a small part.The real culprit is technology. In the good ol’ days (if they ever existed) getting some really cool press coverage depended on two things: A. Having a product to sell or announcement to make which would fall into the category of newsworthy items. B. The relationship that existed between the PR agent and the beleaguered editor of the publi
Many sites will look at Flash as a primary necessity while others may only use it for animation or won't use it at all.
- If your site doesn't need it, then try to use it only for animation or providing rich alternative texts. - Avoid building menus in Flash, as user agents not supporting it will not be able to follow their links. - Export the swf files using the lowest version possible. Only a 69.2% of the visitors use the latest version. The rest 29.03% will have to download before playing the movie. - Try to make the movie size as little as possible so people don't get bored waiting for the page to load. There are still an 11.83% of visitors using dial-up connections.
JavaScript
JavaScript has similar issues to Flash. Many user agents won't support it, including search engines robots. A 1.77% of the visitors won't be able to see the information written in JavaScript nor follow the links.
- If possible use it only for not necessary interactivity and functionality.
- Otherwise, provide alternative static content in the "noscript" tag.
- Don't make it necessary to follow a link. Use the "location.href" command as the "onclick" event in a static link ("a" tag).
Frames
Frames are nice, but should be definitively avoided. While most of the user agents support frames, search engines, as well as blind people, could be seriously confused when trying to relate the information contained in the different pages of a frameset.
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