Comments on: The Delicate Art of the Website Critique http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/ A Church Web Diva's Musings on Excellence in Religious Websites Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:30:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Anna Belle Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:27:29 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-286 <p>Bill -- Thanks for the clarification. I'll go back in and amend what I wrote originally.</p> <p>Moxie_mocha -- I'm not sure about the fashion stuff. I think that was elsewhere. But I bet the jargon is mine. Sorry about that. Hopefully as I write more on this blog, I'll have time to explain some of these terms. The bottom line is that the site will work much better on some machines than others. There's an art to webmastering generally referred to as building sites that "degrade gracefully." You do the best you can to make your site work right on the different set-ups used by your visitors. Hope that helps.</p> Bill — Thanks for the clarification. I’ll go back in and amend what I wrote originally.

Moxie_mocha — I’m not sure about the fashion stuff. I think that was elsewhere. But I bet the jargon is mine. Sorry about that. Hopefully as I write more on this blog, I’ll have time to explain some of these terms. The bottom line is that the site will work much better on some machines than others. There’s an art to webmastering generally referred to as building sites that “degrade gracefully.” You do the best you can to make your site work right on the different set-ups used by your visitors. Hope that helps.

]]> By: moxie_mocha http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-285 moxie_mocha Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:19:11 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-285 I didn't think it was that bad. I liked it. I see your point about the guy with an open collar. He was following the new trend that was started by Obama Barack. The latest fashion was in Wall Street Journal. He should have buttoned up his shirt up to one button. I thought it was innovative. I didn't have any problems navigating through this site with Mozilla Firefox. I'm a little lost with your jargon, i.e codes. I didn’t think it was that bad. I liked it. I see your point about the guy with an open collar. He was following the new trend that was started by Obama Barack. The latest fashion was in Wall Street Journal. He should have buttoned up his shirt up to one button. I thought it was innovative. I didn’t have any problems navigating through this site with Mozilla Firefox. I’m a little lost with your jargon, i.e codes.

]]> By: Bill Siddall http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Bill Siddall Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:19:54 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-284 > Do you know why this is? Sure. The flash and the menu animation are competing for CPU cycles. The menu animation is done with JavaScript and is CPU intensive. If running FireFox, turn off JavaScript. This has the side-effect of disabling the Flash. Now the submenus pop right out. Or, leave JavaScript on, but disable the Flash with FlashBlock. Now you can see the menu animation. The menu animation is a waste of good CPU cycles, IMO, and I've suggested to Dan that he turn it off. > Do you know why this is?

Sure. The flash and the menu animation are competing for CPU cycles. The menu animation is done with JavaScript and is CPU intensive. If running FireFox, turn off JavaScript. This has the side-effect of disabling the Flash. Now the submenus pop right out. Or, leave JavaScript on, but disable the Flash with FlashBlock. Now you can see the menu animation. The menu animation is a waste of good CPU cycles, IMO, and I’ve suggested to Dan that he turn it off.

]]> By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Anna Belle Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:01:30 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-283 Bill -- Thanks for the feedback. I’m not sure why I’m having problems with the subnavigation. I’d thought it was Flash, but maybe it’s the combination of Flash and the submenus? The submenus come up extremely slowly on my set-up, making seeing what's there and clicking on them problematic. Do you know why this is? Accessibility and extensibility are the stuff volumes are written about. There's so much to both, and I think of them as going hand-in-hand. One of my favorite sites that makes this topic more approachable (than say W3C) is <a href="http://accessites.org/site/category/showcase/" rel="nofollow">Accessites.org</a>. Bill — Thanks for the feedback. I’m not sure why I’m having problems with the subnavigation. I’d thought it was Flash, but maybe it’s the combination of Flash and the submenus? The submenus come up extremely slowly on my set-up, making seeing what’s there and clicking on them problematic. Do you know why this is?

Accessibility and extensibility are the stuff volumes are written about. There’s so much to both, and I think of them as going hand-in-hand. One of my favorite sites that makes this topic more approachable (than say W3C) is Accessites.org.

]]> By: Bill Siddall http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Bill Siddall Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:04:15 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-282 - Not sure what you mean by "the code is not accessible" and "It’s not extensible". - No doctype - agree - big no-no. - Navigation is not via flash. It uses pretty accessible HTML. - back home problem - yes, the site should use the defacto standard of "click on the logo to go home". - Not sure what you mean by “the code is not accessible” and “It’s not extensible”.
- No doctype – agree – big no-no.
- Navigation is not via flash. It uses pretty accessible HTML.
- back home problem – yes, the site should use the defacto standard of “click on the logo to go home”.

]]> By: Anna Belle http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Anna Belle Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:02:25 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-281 Many thanks, Peregrinato. I'm particularly glad to hear the content is excellent. I like to think many years as a librarian gave me a decent content Geiger counter. My bet is that the UCC will fairly quickly find a way to make it more accessible. Many thanks, Peregrinato. I’m particularly glad to hear the content is excellent. I like to think many years as a librarian gave me a decent content Geiger counter. My bet is that the UCC will fairly quickly find a way to make it more accessible.

]]> By: UCC.org: the step they took — Boy in the Bands http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-279 UCC.org: the step they took — Boy in the Bands Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:58:26 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-279 [...] Later. If you care about UCC.org, or church websites in general, see Anna Belle Leiserson’s break-down of the facts at her Faith and Web. [...] [...] Later. If you care about UCC.org, or church websites in general, see Anna Belle Leiserson’s break-down of the facts at her Faith and Web. [...]

]]> By: Peregrinato http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Peregrinato Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:53:55 +0000 http://www.faithandweb.com/2007/06/09/the-delicate-art-of-the-website-critique/#comment-278 This is an excellent review of the issues. Thank you! I hope that someone in Cleveland has the sense to read this and take appropriate action. (Just to confirm--the content, when found, is excellent.) This is an excellent review of the issues. Thank you! I hope that someone in Cleveland has the sense to read this and take appropriate action.

(Just to confirm–the content, when found, is excellent.)

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