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Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 11/27/23 11:59
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, usenet+2004@john.dunlop.name wrote:
> David Segall:
>
> > Compare that with this page from another proponent of "No Mechanics"
> > <http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/ragbag.html>. There is only a
> > very subtle indication that the picture is a link but if you move your
> > mouse over it you discover that it is. However, you still don't know
> > if clicking on it will provide a PDF on how Glasgow University
> > welcomes new students or an enlarged image.
I didn't respond directly to that challenge because, after all, the
key question is not my intentions, but the effect achieved on the
users. Thanks for acting as a potential user ;-)
> I can see immediately that it is a link by its blue border. There is a
> fundamental difference, though, between this ornamental image, if the
> author would permit me that, and your gallery of pictures.
Indeed. You characterise this picture well as an "ornamental image".
You'll notice that I set alt="" in accordance with that principle.
Text-mode readers will miss the joke, but it's a poor joke anyway, I
don't think they're missing anything substantive. YMMV.
> Your gallery is designed for people to view the larger pictures,
> isn't it?, whereas it is really neither here nor there if a user
> misses that the ornamental image is a link to a larger version.
That's my "take" on the matter too. Any extra woffle about the
mechanics of the image would really distract from the primary topic of
the page, as I see it.
best regards
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