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Posted by Jake on 09/25/05 14:03
In message <hIlZe.157$Aw.2026@typhoon.sonic.net>, rossz
<rosszNOSPAM@vamos-wentworth.org> writes
>I have two versions of a website, I'm trying to decide which one is
>preferred.
>
>This is the current "active" version.
>
> http://vamos-wentworth.org/seadog/seadog.php
>
>And this one has a fancy new menu system:
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> http://vamos-wentworth.org/seadog/seadog.test.php
>
>Unless I missed testing a page, both versions are 100% xml 1.0 strict
>complient, not even warnings.
>
>I'd welcome criticism of the general layout, the choice of colors, and
>which of the two you think is the better.
>
>Important note, I'm color blind (color deficiency syndrome), so if you
>recommend color changes, please give me the code (e.g. #123456), don't
>say "oh, an off-beige would look better" as I won't have a f*ing clue
>what that looks like.
>
>FYI, the popout menus are done in pure css. I learned how to do this
>trick from http://www.seoconsultants.com/css/menus/vertical/.
>
Nice looking site; I shall have to come back and read through it more
thoroughly when I get the time.
Just one main (accessibility) comment:
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Have you tried navigating the site using only the keyboard (as many
people will need to do)?
If the primary entry has subsidiary entries I could only get to the
first subsidiary entry using IE6 and FireFox. I got to see them all in
Opera, but then again, in Opera the menu becomes just one long list of
links.
You might have better luck -- but do try it ;-)
Other odds-and-ends:
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(a) A text-to-speech engine will render '1 1/2' ('one-and-a-half') as
'one one divided by two'.
1½ or 1 ½ would be better.
(b) If I can't see the pages that I'm listening to, there seems to be no
way to quickly locate the menu, as it's not the first entry in the
html. I'd suggest putting an invisible link as the first entry on the
pages -- even if you can't actually access all the menu entries ;-)
Just a few thoughts.
Regards.
--
Jake (jake@gododdin.demon.co.uk -- just a 'spam trap' mail address)
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