Critique please

Critique please, http://users.skynet.be/am036990

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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:10:25 +0200, GuyBrush Treepwood wrote:

http://users.skynet.be/am036990

The site is of course, http://users.skynet.be/am036990/backstabbed

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"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good,
you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
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Gazing into my crystal ball I observed GuyBrush Treepwood
<spambak (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> writing in newsan.2005.04.20.01.13.51.874796
@hotmail.com:

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:10:25 +0200, GuyBrush Treepwood wrote:

http://users.skynet.be/am036990

The site is of course, http://users.skynet.be/am036990/backstabbed

You might want to think about marking up the navigation as a list. Some
assistive user agents might read the navigation as one word. You might
also want to put a "skip navigation" link styled accordingly as well.

I assume the band page image is "coming soon", therefore requiring the use
of a large black blob?

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GuyBrush Treepwood <spambak (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in
newsan.2005.04.20.01.13.51.874796 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com:

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:10:25 +0200, GuyBrush Treepwood wrote:

http://users.skynet.be/am036990

The site is of course, http://users.skynet.be/am036990/backstabbed

Very good. Scales nicely, very readable despite an overall theme that
usually impairs readability (to make things clear, yours doesn't),
validates, proper separation of function. A little plain, though that's
understandable (the big challenge is not to fall apart as it gets fancier).
I gave up on downloading music (hey, if a band cites GBH as an influence,
I'm up for a listen), though that was most likely due to speed problems at
my end.

You might want to think about marking up the navigation as a list. Some
assistive user agents might read the navigation as one word. You might
also want to put a "skip navigation" link styled accordingly as well.
What do you mean by a "skip navigation" link?

I assume the band page image is "coming soon", therefore requiring the use
of a large black blob?
Yes, indeed.

--
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good,
you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
-- Howard Aiken

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:36:18 +0900, tm wrote:

In article <pan.2005.04.24.15.07.51.798993 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>,
GuyBrush Treepwood <spambak (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

You might want to think about marking up the navigation as a list. Some
assistive user agents might read the navigation as one word. You might
also want to put a "skip navigation" link styled accordingly as well.

What do you mean by a "skip navigation" link?

Just in case the blind want to hear your website without to much
repetition.

Ah. I'm really not aware of this kind of functionality. Can you point me
to some links concerning this topic? Sounds interesting.

--
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good,
you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
-- Howard Aiken

GuyBrush Treepwood <spambak (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

You might want to think about marking up the navigation as a list. Some
assistive user agents might read the navigation as one word. You might
also want to put a "skip navigation" link styled accordingly as well.

What do you mean by a "skip navigation" link?

Just in case the blind want to hear your website without to much
repetition.

Ah. I'm really not aware of this kind of functionality. Can you point me
to some links concerning this topic? Sounds interesting.

Note that this is controversial advice, "skip navigation" links are an
attempt to kludge around a problem instead of solving it.

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Spartanicus

kchayka <usenet (AT) c-net (DOT) us> wrote:

Note that this is controversial advice, "skip navigation" links are an
attempt to kludge around a problem instead of solving it.

Actually, I think they can be quite useful, regardless of how the
document is structured. Somebody (Els, I think) gave an example recently
of how they browse on a mobile device, and how handy skip links can be
in that kind of situation. Just putting the content structurally before
the navigation isn't necessarily enough, or the best (or only) way to go.

Putting the content before the navigation is another kludge, the real
problem typically *is* the navbar. A properly authored web site doesn't
need one.

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Spartanicus

Spartanicus wrote:

kchayka <usenet (AT) c-net (DOT) us> wrote:

Note that this is controversial advice, "skip navigation" links are an
attempt to kludge around a problem instead of solving it.

Actually, I think they can be quite useful, regardless of how the
document is structured. Somebody (Els, I think) gave an example recently
of how they browse on a mobile device, and how handy skip links can be
in that kind of situation. Just putting the content structurally before
the navigation isn't necessarily enough, or the best (or only) way to go.

Putting the content before the navigation is another kludge, the real
problem typically *is* the navbar. A properly authored web site doesn't
need one.

Can you show me one such properly authored web site?

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Els http://locusmeus.com/
Sonhos vem. Sonhos vão. O resto é imperfeito.
- Renato Russo -

kchayka wrote:

Els wrote:
Spartanicus wrote:

Putting the content before the navigation is another kludge, the real
problem typically *is* the navbar. A properly authored web site doesn't
need one.

Can you show me one such properly authored web site?

I'd like to see one, too.

Count me in too - though you must excuse me if I don't hold my breath(!)

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Ben M.