[Sigia-l] AIfIA Goals 2004 Survey Results

[Karl Groves]

Though slightly off topic, here is an excellent article on "standards" that I feel has relevance, if for nothing else than demonstrating a perspective on standards that seems to be eluding Ziya

http://www.taskz.com/ucd_standards_indepth.php

Karl L. Groves

Opinions expressed in this e-mail represent only myself and are not in any way to be taken as the words or opinions of my employer. 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On Behalf Of
> richard_dalton at vanguard.com
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:09 PM
> To: sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] AIfIA Goals 2004 Survey Results
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ziya wrote:
> > Standards are deleterious when used for coercion and 
> exclusion. I asked
> if
> > "Navbar on the left, links in blue, Visio for wireframes" 
> are standards.
> The
> > answer was "Possibly," meaning they could be. Just how 
> idiotic is that!
> 
> Ziya - please, think a little more flexibly. I don't think anyone is
> suggesting that every hyperlink in the world be blue and 
> underlined - but I
> do think that a "standard" for a single website (or perhaps a set of
> related sites) that says "hyperlinks will be consistently
> blue/red/pink/lillac/whatever so that someone using the 
> site(s) will be
> able to consistently recognize a link and so our many 
> development teams
> won't have to spend valuable time arguing about what color to make the
> links" does make a lot of sense!
> 
>  - Richard
> 
> 
> 
> ------------
> When replying, please *trim your post* as much as possible.
> *Plain text, please; NO Attachments
> 
> Searchable list archive:   http://www.info-arch.org/lists/sigia-l/
> ________________________________________
> Sigia-l mailing list -- post to: Sigia-l at asis.org
> Changes to subscription: http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/sigia-l
>