Phase one working......sort of

R

Richard

rf said:
Richard wrote:
Since this "idea" does not respond to keyboard scrolling it is useless in
a web situation.

So why should a website be designed to accomodate less than 1% of the web
users?
You forgot to mention it doesn't conform to those hard of hearing or sight
impaired either.
maybe one day I'll make it compatible to keyboard scrollers and even give it
"speech".

And your website would be where?
 
R

rf

Richard said:
So why should a website be designed to accomodate less than 1% of the web
users?

More like 10%.
You forgot to mention it doesn't conform to those hard of hearing or sight
impaired either.

You are correct. It doesn't work for the visually challenged. Black on red
is impossible. Javascript navigation does not work with screen readers. The
"scroll" bar looks more like decoration than a real scroll bar. The entire
site is bundled into exactly one file so I have to download your entire
"site" to see the first page, which might be a serious problem for dial up
users. All up a dismal effort IMHO.

Now that you have removed the "scroll bar" paradigm, alienated those without
javascript, those without a mouse and those who don't see very well or have
a slow connection I think your 1% is probably in error by an order of
magnitude or two.
maybe one day I'll make it compatible to keyboard scrollers and even give it
"speech".

Maybe one day you will be able to create something that actually works. You
could start by making this one work when I change my font size. When I do
that "scroll bar" doesn't work any more, not untill I refres the page.

What is wrong with a simple div with overflow: auto, instead of all that
gratutious javascript?

While you are at it you should figure out a method of bookmarking a "page".
At the moment it is worse than frames. At least some browsers *can*
"bookmark" a frames site.
And your website would be where?

And what would any web site I have written have to do with this? In any
case, those I *have* written can be used by people who don't have
javascript, who cannot see and who don't have a mouse. They also fit nicely
on the users viewport and don't make my eyes bleed. I also don't host them
on Yahoo.

I suppose you will serve up this by way of example:
http://www.geocities.com/r_bullis/

A page if gibberish beside a bunch of links that all lead to the same place?
 
H

Hywel Jenkins

And what would any web site I have written have to do with this? In any
case, those I *have* written can be used by people who don't have
javascript, who cannot see and who don't have a mouse. They also fit nicely
on the users viewport and don't make my eyes bleed. I also don't host them
on Yahoo.

Show and tell, then.
 
L

Leif K-Brooks

Richard said:
So why should a website be designed to accomodate less than 1% of the web
users?

Doesn't work with a mouse wheel, either. Good randint(25,100) percent of
the Web population there.
You forgot to mention it doesn't conform to those hard of hearing or sight
impaired either.
maybe one day I'll make it compatible to keyboard scrollers and even give it
"speech".

And yet if you had done things right, it would work for everyone -- and
with less effort on your part.
 
R

Richard

Doesn't work with a mouse wheel, either. Good randint(25,100) percent of
the Web population there.


Hell, I've got a logitech cordless with scroll wheel, and it hasn't worked
in ages on anything.
Even with proper drivers and settings the scroll wheel does nothing.

And yet if you had done things right, it would work for everyone -- and
with less effort on your part.

And yet, if it wasn't me doing the thing, you wouldn't have made that
remark.
 
R

Richard


What a frickin joke.
You bash me around for not having "alt" tags, and here you are not doing it
yourself.
Then you have the damn nerve to use tables for presentation.
Not to mention the use of [cough choke cough cough} Front Page.

Then you leave in a link taking visitors to a page that no longer exists.

And you say you've designed websites for others? For free I hope.
 
R

rf

Richard whined:
rf said:
Hywel said:
What a frickin joke.

I was hoping you would reply to this post :)
You bash me around for not having "alt" tags, and here you are not doing it
yourself.

Microsoft excel has no concept of alt tags. And when have I specifically
complained about *your* lack of alt tags?
Then you have the damn nerve to use tables for presentation.

Microsoft excel uses tables for presentation. That is because Microsoft
excel is a spreadsheet. A spreadsheet is basically a table, used to lay out
tabular data. Microsoft excel does not know that a few words of text and an
image are not data. That is why Microsoft excel uses tables for layout.
Not to mention the use of [cough choke cough cough} Front Page.

(your brackets and braces are mismatched)

Where did I use frontpage? Oh, I see, yes, Microsoft excel does put in the
frontpage meta elements. Hang on, no it doesn't. Perhaps I at one stage
downloaded this page from the web site to Microsoft Frontpage. Ah yes, I
remember now, I lost the "source" once and downloaded it from the web site,
into Microsoft Frontpage, just to see what it would do :)
Then you leave in a link taking visitors to a page that no longer exists.

No, the page does exist. It is just that it is obsolete (I wrote it years
ago) and no longer reflects either my way of thinking nor those of this
group. So, I prefer to not publish its whereabouts. However, in the
interests of keeping the page I published in this thread intact, and the
links live, I leave a stub page there so as to not cause a 404.
And you say you've designed websites for others? For free I hope.

Where did I ever say that I have designed websites for others? Check every
single one of my posts in usenet over the last eight years and you will
never see me claiming that I design web pages for others. Crikey, you can't
even get your flaming right :)

As to the link I provided:

Right over your head, like an aeroplane.

Straight through to the wicket keeper. (a Cricket term, ask some of the .uk
people what it means)

This page, my good sir, is a *joke*, a parody. It is a page made with
Microsoft Excel that I often serve up when people complain how badly
Microsoft Frontpage does at writing HTML. It is there to prove that there
are worse things than Microsoft Frontpage out there.

However I really didn't expect you to appreciate any of my sense of humour,
me being Australian and all. I keep forgetting that the U S of A citizens
require a joke to be explained to them in advance :)

In any case the scroll bar does work in this page, which I must say is
better than your scroll bar.
 
T

Travis Newbury

========
And your website would be where?

And what would any web site I have written have to do with this? In any
case, those I *have* written can be used by people who don't have
javascript, who cannot see and who don't have a mouse. They also fit
nicely
on the users viewport and don't make my eyes bleed. I also don't host
them
on Yahoo.
==========

So why dont you want to show us one of your sites? Not a personal
site, or a "here's my HTML tutorial site", how about a real site you
did for a company? This is not a "challenge", and not directed
specifically at you Richard, but how about some urls for sites that you
(again not you specifically) have created for companies?

Everyone is so quick to tell everyone else what is wrong, and what they
SHOULD do, how about some real world examples?

Or is everyone here fearfull that if they give out their client's url,
that someone else will try to steal them away?

How about it folks? How about some real life examples of work you have
done.

Anyone? Anyone? Buler?
 
T

Travis Newbury

==========
Show and tell, then.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/rf/excel.htm
==========

Great example. Probalby doesn't have a lot of draw though....

I am disapointed. If you (anyone) could show us a few sites they built
for a company (again not your personal page or your "html" tutorial
page) it would be great.
(I won't hold my breath while we wait....)
 
S

Steve Pugh

How about it Richard? Lead the way with some real examples. (Not a
challenge, a request) Pick a comercial site you did, and compare it
with their compeditor. Lets see why it is better.

What makes you think that rf has built any commercial sites? This
newsgroup is for all HTML authors not just those building commercial
sites.

I'm certainly not going to discuss any of the commercial sites I've
built here for various reasons. It would be unprofessional and in some
cases a breach of contract. And commercial sites are team efforts
(except at the very bottom end of the market) and I don't want there
to be any confusion about the parts of the site I was responsible and
the parts which had nothing to do with me (for example one site was
valid XHTML (as per the project spec) when I handed it over. But the
ASP monkeys managed to change <img alt="" /> to <IMG ALT> in their
output...)

Steve
 
T

Travis Newbury

=====
I'm certainly not going to discuss any of the commercial sites I've
built here for various reasons. It would be unprofessional and in some
cases a breach of contract. And commercial sites are team efforts
(except at the very bottom end of the market) and I don't want there
to be any confusion about the parts of the site I was responsible and
the parts which had nothing to do with me (for example one site was
valid XHTML (as per the project spec) when I handed it over.
=====

I will take that as a "no, I don't have a real world example."
Anyone else? Talk is getting cheaper by the post....
 
S

Steve Pugh

=====
I'm certainly not going to discuss any of the commercial sites I've
built here for various reasons. It would be unprofessional and in some
cases a breach of contract. And commercial sites are team efforts
(except at the very bottom end of the market) and I don't want there
to be any confusion about the parts of the site I was responsible and
the parts which had nothing to do with me (for example one site was
valid XHTML (as per the project spec) when I handed it over.
=====

I will take that as a "no, I don't have a real world example."

You can take it any way you like.
I think what I wrote was quite straightforward and easy to understand.
Anyone else? Talk is getting cheaper by the post....

You get what you pay for.

Steve
 
T

Travis Newbury

=====
I will take that as a "no, I don't have a real world example."
You can take it any way you like.
I think what I wrote was quite straightforward and easy to understand.
=====

Yes, you were straight forward. You do not have an example you are
willing to show. Which is exactly what I said.

=====
Anyone else? Talk is getting cheaper by the post....
You get what you pay for.
=====

This includes good and bad advice apparently.
 

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