Re: FN-FORUM: Sitecheck - Updating my website - using CSS

date posted 13th March 2008 18:35



Fair points in relation to me as a business, but what I am saying is that b=
y
'accessibility' - designing for visually impaired for example is hardly par=
t
of my remit in working for photographers who want a visually impressive
solution that will get them jobs.

I have looked at jquery - looks great, but it doesn=B9t do a fraction of the
things that flash is capable of.

My issue isnt that design and visuals should always take precedent over
standards and accessibility, but I do think that it should be dictated
according to the niche market you are working in. From what I have seen
accessibility usually comes at a price, and my market would not be prepared
to sacrifice anything on the visual side.

I may be wrong and I may be short sighted (actually I am long sighted, so
that must make me a visionary ?)



On 13/3/08 7:26 pm, "Nicolas Borda" [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

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> On 13 Mar 2008, at 18:56, John Deaville wrote:
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>> Ok, but from my position (and I have said this before) - I don=B9t
>> give a
>> tinkers toss about accessibility, I appreciate why a lot of
>> businesses would
>> be, but I am working in a niche market, which is a visually rich
>> industry
>> (photography) - I design a lot of folio sites in flash (which many
>> would say
>> is 'inaccessible') - but they are designed for visual punch and
>> that is what
>> hopefully gets the commissions, everything else (accessibility,
>> standards,
>> CSS, blah blah blah) - at least for my industry - is secondary.
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> You mentioned earlier that you where trying to improve your Google
> ranking, if so then standards, CSS and accessibility is very
> important. If you only use Flash for "visual punch" you might
> consider using a good JavaScript library for UI animation and
> effects, like jQuery or Mootools. Having said that, Flash can be made
> accessible and SEO friendly. If you are not interested in learning
> JavaScript, you can always outsource.
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> HTH,
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