ear1grey
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Post by ear1grey on Jul 17, 2006 22:14:33 GMT 7
Please, please, please for the next release after 2.1.00 make a priority of standards compliance in the user inferface. i.e. Choose a level of HTML/XML; use CSS; and validate against W3C's XML, CSS and WAI guidelines. My first impression of the N2100 is one of concern that I cannot view the web interface using a standards compliant browser. I do not trust Internet Explorer for day-to-day Internet usage, so why on earth would I want to trust it when managing my NAS drives? Currently Thecus gives me no choice. This is probably not the experience Thecus want their customers to have, given the obvious amount of work that's gone into the rest of the hardware. So please make a commitment to supporting open web standards in the N2100.
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Post by holmes4 on Jul 22, 2006 20:38:15 GMT 7
I dislike the N2100 UI too, but it is perfectly usable in Firefox. What problems are you having?
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ear1grey
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Post by ear1grey on Jul 26, 2006 18:21:32 GMT 7
Personally I block all Flash content using rip and adblock, so instead of the flash buttons, all I got on first contact with the n2100 was the background image and a few white squares where images should be. Once I'd white listed the n2100, and downloaded the flash plugin, I could at least see the images, but hovering the mouse over the icons provides no feedback about what they do (as others have noticed). We have a legal obligation to avoid discriminating between able bodied and disabled employees, so selecting and encouraging development of systems that use open standards that can be effectively accessed with screen readers and alternative "Human Interface Devices" is within our best interests, especially when it's such a simple fix, as in this case.
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Post by holmes4 on Jul 30, 2006 3:10:55 GMT 7
Ah, the buttons are Flash objects. I had missed that. Yes, this is not a good idea for accessibility or even in general. The UI uses what web usability guru Vincent Flanders calls "mystery meat navigation" - you don't know what the buttons do until you hover over them. That you see nothing if Flash is not available is even worse.
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mshapf
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Post by mshapf on Oct 11, 2006 3:48:38 GMT 7
Please, please, please for the next release after 2.1.00 make a priority of standards compliance in the user inferface. i.e. Choose a level of HTML/XML; use CSS; and validate against W3C's XML, CSS and WAI guidelines. My first impression of the N2100 is one of concern that I cannot view the web interface using a standards compliant browser. I do not trust Internet Explorer for day-to-day Internet usage, so why on earth would I want to trust it when managing my NAS drives? Currently Thecus gives me no choice. This is probably not the experience Thecus want their customers to have, given the obvious amount of work that's gone into the rest of the hardware. So please make a commitment to supporting open web standards in the N2100. I second that!
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Post by colinshedden on Oct 12, 2006 2:16:31 GMT 7
I put this one on the wishlist back in July, in a different post, I don't think it's gonna happen. Much to my displeasure.
Using non standards compliant interfaces is enough to make me not buy another thecus product. I probably wouldn't have bought this one - for no other reason than principle.
Regards
Col
- Without standards how do we understand each other? -
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Post by lewinb on Jan 4, 2007 16:03:58 GMT 7
I agree... The point is, why should I have to use firefox or ie or whatever? (I ordinarily use Camino, so I'm just arguing this on principle). It should be standard, so that the end user doesn't have to deal with frustration in setup when things suddenly don't work as described.
And, of course, there is always the ENORMOUS problem of IE's insecurity.
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