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Comment on Minimum Font Size

2008-03-13T16:45:33+00:00

Comment by Neo ( )

I believe that the web will become a series of 1's and 0's and will flow down the screen at different rates of speed, and it serve to control our psychological environment while we lay dormant in plasma eggs controlled by machines. But that's just me.

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2008-02-14T17:08:23+00:00

Comment by Anonymous ( )

I am curious, do you still have the same thoughts and reservations about the web? Do you feel it has, and will remain a primarily text-based medium? Where do you stand on JavaScript support now and is use in an "accessible" site?

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2007-07-17T15:27:38+01:00

Comment by Dave Child ( http://www.addedbytes.com )

"better_coder_than_you": Well done. Assuming you are replying to my comments above, you've missed the point by miles. Can't say I'm surprised - seems that it's usually the the type of person who hides behind anonymity while trolling who lacks the brainpower to understand the words they are reading.

Nobody said (or "argued"), either in the article or in the comment thread, that you shouldn't use client side scripting. Nobody appears to even be of that opinion. I apologise for pointing this out as I realise it's a bit of a problem for your "argument".

What I was trying to express, apparently not clearly enough, was that support for JavaScript need not, and should not, be obligatory to view and use a site. Smart, forward thinking designers and developers are using JavaScript to improve the user experience. What they aren't doing is incompetently putting together sites that prevent people without JavaScript support from using them.

Look up "progressive enhancement" sometime. Well done AJAX is progressive enhancement - removing the need to completely refresh a page to perform an action, while at the same time making normal form operations available for people without JavaScript or XMLHTTPRequest support.

You may well be a better coder than me. Well done if you are. Apparently, though, you could do with improving your basic English skills.

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2007-07-17T14:47:06+01:00

Comment by better_coder_than_you ( )

only a non coding designer would argue that you shouldn't use a client side script like javascript. LOL. How can a site be dynamic without it? bonehead

Comment on Minimum Font Size

2007-05-15T09:55:46+01:00

Comment by Paul ( )

firstly - there isn't a growing number of people with javascript disabled - its a shrinking number source

But more importantly, great little script - I wouldn't have thought of doing it...

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2006-09-29T15:22:01+01:00

Comment by Anonymous ( )

what a heated exchange that was.

Web 2.0 is a buzz word and an evolution. I guess you could call it the start of an epoc... your very welcome to have your own view on that. Dave was trying to get across a valid point (god help me if he disagrees). There is a responsibility to not slide back into sloppy crap sites, i work with assistive technologies and i have worked on how ayscronously updated pages confuse assistive technologies. client side scripting is just the side show.

Comment on Minimum Font Size

2006-08-15T09:11:28+01:00

Comment by Dave Child ( http://www.addedbytes.com )

"wow, what world do you live in?"

The real one. The web is a huge resource packed with information. With commerce plastered on top.

"i have been programming web pages since the very beginning of the web."

Congratulations. Would you like a medal? I've been building websites since 1993 - does that make my opinion more informed or more valuable than someone who's been at it since 1999? Of course not.

"accessibility is all about making a graphic/dynamic web page "accessible" to those who cannot interact with the web page or view it."

Accessibility is about creating websites that can be viewed by different programs and tools. It's not just about visual or aural impairment - it's about phones, text-based devices, screen readers and so on as well as browsers. It's about interoperability and non-exclusivity, about not being tied to any one technology.

It's a global communications network. Images play a part in that. Dynamic web pages and elements are also playing a part. The problem comes when short-sighted incompetent webmasters decide to make their site pretty at the expense of making it available to everyone.

"i sure hope that if you are a programmer that you update your skillset"

Always. You'd have to be pretty dumb not to do that.

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2006-08-14T22:22:30+01:00

Comment by Anonymous ( )

wow, what world do you live in? the web is going to remain primarily a text-based medium, at least for the forseeable future????

i have been programming web pages since the very beginning of the web. if you haven't figured out yet that this is a graphical/dynamic interface then this must be because you are one of those that needs an accessible web page.

accessibility is all about making a graphic/dynamic web page "accessible" to those who cannot interact with the web page or view it.

i sure hope that if you are a programmer that you update your skillset and quit flaming those who take the time to make websites accessible to those like you.

this is a great tip -- thanks to the authors for sharing.

Comment on Minimum Font Size

2006-05-30T17:46:21+01:00

Comment by Dave Child ( http://www.addedbytes.com )

@Anonymous: I seriously doubt that. Web 2.0 is a buzzword, and relates to added functionality - sites need not be unusable as a result. A good AJAX/Web 2.0 site will work without JavaScript support. Whatever happens, the web is going to remain primarily a text-based medium, at least for the forseeable future, and JavaScript support is likely to remain flakey and unpredictable for many years yet.

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2006-05-30T17:29:53+01:00

Comment by Anonymous ( )

In the Future of the Web, nothing will work without Javascript because WEB2.0 is Javascript / AJAX