For a comprehensive guide called "guide to developing webpages", I would
agree. But a brief guide on points for coding a web page to both
text-based and graphical-based browsers, I see no problem. We're only
talking about a small and important area. /Ray
On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Warren Mayer wrote:
> Ray,
>
> While I agree that a "Guide to Developing Webpages" for this campus is a
> good idea, I diagree with your idea of posting it University-wide just
> yet. The development of such a guide is one of the items on the table of
> the Web Advisory Committee here in Newark, of which I am a member. The
> purpose of this committee is to provide standards and guidance to the
> Newark community in relation to developing for Newark INFO and the general
> INFO at large. Before you (and the members of the Orange group as well)
> go and create a guide for yourselves, you should bring this topic to the
> attention of the next committee meeting (you can email either Ron Hart
> (rhart@andromeda) or Don McCabe (dmccabe@andromeda) to place an item on the
> table.
>
> Warren
>
>
>
>
> At 9:12 PM -0400 6/5/97, Ray Schwartz wrote:
> >> Ray, thanks for reminding me of Netscape/IE similarities
> >> and of Lynx. Would it make any sense to draw up a set of standards
> >> among ourselves for primarily text-based pages and circulate them?
> >>
> >
> >It is possible to write up a set of standards (maybe principles) for
> >text-based pages (even with the changing standards). I would be very
> >careful in using tables and frames (these don't always translate well in
> >lynx) and the "alt" option in img tags. This is what first comes to mind.
> >
> >About whether we should write this up? I feel that the need is much
> >greater than the orange group. Perhaps, this kind of document could be
> >posted University wide?
> >
> >/Ray
>
>
> Warren Mayer
> Computing Services - Newark
> Rutgers University
> Email: wmayer@rci.rutgers.edu
> wmayer@andromeda.rutgers.edu
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