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Wednesday, June 26, 2002

Day 13: Using real links (no javascript). In today's episode of Mark Pilgrim's 30 days to a more accessible weblog series, Day 13: Using real links, Mark firmly spanks the idea of using Javascript (specifically, Javascript pseudo-links) for any content that's important:

"I can't stress enough how important this tip is. Some problems, like not having a "skip link" past your navigation bar, severely reduce usability, but at least your page can be read eventually. On the other hand, this problem actually makes entire chunks of important content completely inaccessible. If your comments are hidden behind a "javascript:" link, they may as well not exist."

I agree wholeheartedly--and not just for pseudo-links. You cannot assume that Javascript is present or turned on in your client's browser--Mark points to the 11% of Internet users don't use Javascript statistic--so why use it at all? There's almost always an alternative method to do what you want that doesn't make client-side assumptions.
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Excellent k-log resources I noticed today. David Gammel writes about the effectiveness of his work team's multi-author klog (short for "knowledge weblog") at getting him back up to speed after a week of vacation. As a general benefit, David writes,

"Within our team, we have been surprised at how well the team klog has helped us to have a better understanding of what each of us is currently working on. We didn't realize how much of our individual work was below the radar of our closest co-workers."

David's High Context weblog in general looks very helpful; I've added it to my news aggregator list. Thanks, David.

For example, David mentions a further useful resource, the KmBlogger wiki page (wiki's top level is KmWiki). Great stuff there!

(See also What is a k-log?)
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