[REBOL] Re: Usability (was FAQ)
From: jason:cunliffe:verizon at: 16-Sep-2002 15:45
> There is still a lot of debate about whether NN4 is worth targeting. The
> answer really depends on your audience. Figures for the number of NN4
> visitors to a site vary from zero to 20% . One way not to antagonise NN4 is
> to avoid doing anything too fiddly with tables. They were not its strong
> point.
Yes.. For example, there's a detailed discussion about it here:
http://www.actsofvolition.com/index.cfm?section=board&id=521
The general thrust these days seems to be:
- aim high and enjoy the late version browsers
- but *don't* expect your NN4 pages to be render the same as others
- however with a little extra planning, you can make them readable/accessible,
which is what counts
- meanwhile encourage _everyone_ to upgrade from these nightmares
- CSS is great and is now being widely embraced, but one should not go too far
insisting on no tables. For simple non-nested row-column data tables are still
very useful, and can be combined well with CSS <DIV>.
./Jason
