[WEB4LIB] Re: flash image on our home page

[Thomas Dowling]

> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas M G Bennett" <bennetttm at appstate.edu>
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 7:17 AM
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: flash image on our home page
> >
> >
> > Karen makes a good point, who is your target audience and what are their
> > modes of access?  And keeping with the lowest common denominator, a
static
> > W3C compliant page should be a default page for clients to connect to
with
> > links going to optional WEB pages, IMHO.
> >
> > Thomas
> >


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blake Carver" <btcarver at lisnews.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 10:35 AM
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: flash image on our home page

> That's true, but sometimes it doesn't hurt to add a little "flash", in
this
> case "flash" doesn't necessarily mean Flash, but any number of nice
> graphical elements, or just a nice design. It creates a good impression on
> users (students, librarians, administrators, people who control your
budget,
> etc...).
> Why look like a boring old library, if you don't have to, just don't over
do
> it.
> It's all about balance, and knowing your users.
> What you think users need (W3C compliant, accessible, quick) Vs. What will
> keep people coming back (a nice looking and usable site).


The equation of standards-compliant, or accessible, or usable, or
simply inclusive web pages with boring, colorless, text-only, or badly
designed web pages is grievously unfair.  You may not be aware of it,
but it's also one of the moldiest straw men regularly trotted out by
some proponents of K3wL Deezine gimickry.

I can write to spec without being boring.