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From: The Snider's Web
Date: Feb 13, 2004 1:20PM

Hi Everyone,

I have been a lurker for a while and have learned a lot-thanks for such a
great list. I have a couple of questions about the layout and colour of web
sites.

If one uses tables should they use a layout that makes all the navigation
stay together and then the main text starts or have them intermingle? Here
is an example of what I mean:

If you look at the following two examples in WAVE
(http://www.wave.webaim.org/) or the Lynx Simulator
(http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html) you can see the difference I mean:
http://www.thesnidersweb.com/ (this one has the top text, links then the
main text)
http://www.thesnidersweb.com/indextrial3.htm (this one has all the nav
together and then the main content starts)

Which would be better for a viewer with disabilities?

The second question has to do with the colours of links when the stylesheet
is not present. On the site above (either link) I have a concern that the
left side links are very hard to read (they are blue on a green
background). I have bottom links that are not impacted by the stylesheet,
are these enough? Should one try and make the link colour viewable on the
left side as well?

I am still playing with changes to my site, but if you see anything else
that may be problematic-please let me know.

Cheers and thanks

Lisa



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