LYNX-DEV Re: your opaque start page (fwd)

[Philip Webb]

others may be encouraged by this response, which shows that polite pressure
can help improve the quality of sites out there.  i have thanked him.
 
> Your points are well taken. We just put the new graphics up and the ALT
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970413 Philip Webb wrote: 
> >> below you will find the way your "welcome" page looks to me!
> >> once i get thro' a couple of links, there's no problem: your text is good.
> >> you need to add  ALT="About"  etc to your  IMG  tags,
> >> so that people using a text browser -- surely entirely appropriate
> >> for a text-oriented translation service like yours --
> >> can easily see where to go within your site.
> >>
> >> don't assume everyone uses the well-known & equally slow graphics browsers
> >> i use Lynx 2-7, an upto-date text browser, which is fast & efficient.
> >> tho' my sight is normal, Lynx is used by many blind people to give them
> >> access to the Internet, and some of them may well want to use your service
> >>
> >> remember, people want simple, useful information from your site,
> >> not glitz & hype.
> >>

Their "welcome" page as of now:

> >> >   [INLINE] [INLINE]
> >> >   [INLINE] [INLINE]
> >> >   [INLINE]
> >> >   [1][LINK]
> >> >   [2][LINK]
> >> >   [3][LINK]
> >> >   [4][LINK]
> >> >   [5][LINK]
> >> >   [6][LINK]
> >> >
> >> >   [7][LINK] [8][LINK]
> >> >
> >> >   [9][LINK]
> >> >
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