LYNX-DEV Re: Web page at http://catal.arch.cam.ac.uk/catal/

[Timothy Ritchey]

Thanks for your comments on the site. It is nice to read an informed
opinion on text based browsers. I am assuming by the sudden number of
e-mails I am receiving about this topic that the original individual who
posted a message to me has gotten the troops lined up. It is however nice
to read an e-mail from someone with real reasons for changes to a site. I'm
sure you can appreciate though that as an individual having to keep
a computer network going, it is impossible to get around to doing
everything you would like. Funnily enough, I no longer do the CH web site,
and haven't for several months. It was a one off demonstration, so not
much work was done to make it "browser friendly" If you have any further
comments, you can send them to address@hidden, who is now in charge of
the site, and informed me that she will get around to it after she has
gotten the database hooked up.


Cheers,
tim


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> From: Duncan Hill <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Web page at http://catal.arch.cam.ac.uk/catal/
> Date: Monday, November 18, 1996 3:28 AM
> 
> Just visited, and have a few suggestions for you.
> 
> 1) Add the ALT tag to the IMG SRC elements. ie, 
> <img src="missstat.gif" border=0 height=21 width=525 align=top>
> could have ALT="Mission Statement" added to it, and it would look much 
> better when using a text based browser.
> 
> 2) Then, text based users see a [EMBED] where you have the embedded 
> vrml.  I don't know if an ALT tag can be added, but it would be worth a
shot.
> 
> 3) After the list of sponsors, any user using a text based browser (this 
> includes the blind) will see/hear  
>            [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE] [INLINE]
> Again, a set of ALT tags would really help.  I leave it up to you to 
> decide what text should be used.
> 
> 4) On the second page of the main page, you have a link to Netscape 1.1 
> that does not work.  The reason for this is that the source reads:
> HREF="catal/http://home.netscape.com";
> This will always fail.  You need to remove the catal/ part of that line.
> 
> You also make reference to daggers and a clay seal.  Putting those words
in 
> the IMG SRC elements would help.
> 
> The same applies through the rest of the documents.  Please don't take 
> this as a flame, but more as constructive criticism.
> 
> Duncan Hill
>
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