From cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu Tue Dec 29 21:21:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: from sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil (sun28.aic.nrl.navy.mil [132.250.84.38]) by mc.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1-mod) with SMTP id VAA23271 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:21:03 -0500 (EST) Precedence: bulk Errors-To: cube-lovers-errors@mc.lcs.mit.edu From: Douglas Zander Message-Id: <199812282147.PAA06517@solaria.sol.net> Subject: ADDITIONAL FEATURES FOR OUR PUZZLE SITE (fwd) To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu (cube) Date: Mon, 28 Dec 98 15:47:11 CST I would like to voice my concern over this site. The thing is that not everyone has the latest version of Netscape or IE installed. Many libraries (from which I myself access the WWW) do not allow Java to be installed on their machines nor do they allow sound. The highest browser versions I have access to in any library here in Milwaukee is 3.0 I had gone to this site and I could not play the puzzle that was supposed to be there; nothing showed up on the screen. I just wished to point this out to the creator of the site; in fact, to all creators of puzzle sites. There are, I believe, a significant number of people who use public browsers without Java or sound. Please keep this in mind when designing your sites. Thank you. -- Douglas Zander | dzander@solaria.sol.net | Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA | [Moderator's note: Cube-lovers is not really the place to debate the philosophy of web design. I must agree that for maximum usability, the text on a page should be displayed without requiring images, and that the static images should be displayed with requiring Java. Still, setting up a puzzle simulator without Java is more problematic than we can reasonably ask of a free server, and having a simulation that requires Java is certainly better than none. --Dan ]