- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 23:48:06 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
>From: "Janis Joseph" <janis@atartecture.co.il> >To: "WiseWomen List" <WiseWomen@chalcedony.com> >Subject: Re: [WW] Use of Textual Graphics on Web Pages >Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 09:10:34 +0200 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kynn Bartlett" <kynn@idyllmtn.com> > >> >I'd really like to hear from graphical designers if there are >cases where >> >branding requires non-standard fonts... instead of e.g. using a >few small >> >images for logos, bullets, and other decorations.. or even having >a large >> >image... and relying on text with a coordinated font and >background color >> >for the rest of the page. >> > > >I am simultaneously a proponent of standards, and an opponent of blah, >mainly text, graphicly boooooring pages. My first introduction to the >web was via a unix server. Once I had access to the "real" Web, >complete with all "bells and whistles", my Web use increased by >magnitudes. (Though I routinely skip Flash intros...) > >Mouseovers have already been mentioned, and I'd like to reassert their >usefulness, not only as eye-candy, but as an aid to navigation. > >I'd like to see the standards become "standard" enough to be easily >implemented, but would hate to have them so draconian that aesthetic >elements would have to be sacrificed. It would be at that point that >I, as a developer, would go over to the "dark side" and say the h*** >with standards. > >(I'm still annoyed that even HTML 4.01 loose doesn't allow the use of ><leftMargin="0" topMargin="0" marginWidth="0" marginHeight="0">) > >> your comments to the list, or you can write to the WW list and >> explicitly grant me permission (in the body of your message) to >> forward this to the WAI. > >I hereby grant explicit permission to use this message (and all my >messages: past, present and future) for any and all purposes, >including as t.p. (I won't repeat this "release" this in any future >message.) > >Regards, >Janis >A t a r T e c t u r e >http://www.atartecture.co.il -- -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/
Received on Wednesday, 27 September 2000 03:48:31 UTC