- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:06:28 -0500
- To: Jonathan Chetwynd <jay@peepo.com>
- CC: po@trace.wisc.edu, "GL - WAI Guidelines WG (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, hfi@humanfactors.com
Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: > > I am somewhat at a loss to reply to your comment on whitespace. Ah. I think I understand better now. I read "white space" to be "spaces, tabs, newlines, etc." and with my very small I18N hat on, asked why white space (characters) were important for accessibility. If I understand better, you were referring to blank areas ("open space"?), and I understand better the accessibility requirement (and general utility) of uncluttered pages. _ Ian > Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. Fw an email (29/12/99) concerning > > >What research-based guidelines are available for designing websites?..... > >The focus was on using research-based information to improve the user > interfaces of websites. .... > > within: > >PAGE DESIGN -- SPECIFIC > it was stated: > >DO minimize the use of 'white space' in search tasks. > > It is not clear what the meaning or intention (of 'use' and "search tasks") > is. > > However in my experience no search engine provides sufficient white space > for people with cog-dif. > WWW.google.com homepage is close to ideal. > > unfortunately there remains the problem that the browser window also has a > place to enter keywords. > this (also) confuses people of normal ability, when new to browsing. > > If I have misunderstood the intended meaning, it may be that this bullet > point needs rephrasing. > > Ian perhaps we could (need to) develop the theme of whitespace and its use > in the > guidelines? -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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