[access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
- From: Steve Nutt <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:57:30 +0100
Hi.
Anyone noticed how much longer it takes to download the home page as well,=
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in comparison to Google. Even on Broadband at 1MB, it seems to take a good=
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couple of seconds more here.
All the best
At 22:14 29/06/2004, kevin and emma spake these words of wisdom
>hi all, i tend to agree. nice idea and hope it gets developed. but i'm=
still
>going to stick with google. this new one, as has been mentioned, isn't
>customisable enough for me and there's a lack of advanced search features.
>personally, i don't like the categorising type searches and it makes the
>page look cluttered. maybe it's just me, but there seems to be an
>overwhelming number of finance related links on the home page?
>email or msn
>kream@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>cheers - kevin
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "L=E9onie Watson" <lw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 1:26 PM
>Subject: [access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
>
>
>Ian,
>
> After a few brief searches, the site looks very good. The presentation
>is nice and clean and the category headings are very useful if you're not
>sure what you're looking for.
>
> Personally, and I'll stress this is purely an issue of my own taste, I
>still prefer Google. YouSearch provides too much in the way of help.=
Access
>keys can be turned off admittedly, but there are also plenty of skip links
>which for me at least put more clutter in the way than I'd like. That=
said,
>these aids provide welcome help for many people, so this isn't a critisism
>in the least.
>
> The search results themselves were accurate for the most part and the
>lack of advertising was very nice indeed. Good use of headings to=
structure
>the page layout make life very easy and definitely give YouSearched one up
>on Google.
>
> Best of all are the nice touches like stating that external links will
>open in a new page, something I usually force manually when using a search
>engine anyway and also the fact that they are clearly making such an=
effort
>with accessibility and usability.
>
>
> Has anyone else tried this SE yet?
>
>Tink.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 12:49 PM
>Subject: [access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
>
>
>> Hi Tink, can you say what it's like as a search engine as compared, for=
e=3D
>> xample, with Google?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf=
=3D
>> Of L=3DE9onie Watson
>> Sent: 28 June 2004 12:31
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: NEW ACCESSIBLE SEARCH ENGINE
>>
>>
>> Ian,
>>
>> Absolutely, I mailed YouSearched to let them know about the problem=
a=3D
>> nd also to give my compliments.
>>
>> Initially I received the following reply:-
>>
>> Thank you for your kind message and for bringing the Bobby issue to us.
>>
>> when we did our Bobby test it was carried out on the Yousearched lay out=
=3D
>> and accessibility design and not the content within the Yousearched.=
Yous=3D
>> earched act as a search engine which contains millions of other websites=
=3D
>> which unfortunatly are not all accessibility friendly,
>>
>> unfortunatly that gives a wrong reading on Bobby. sadly only 18% of the=
W=3D
>> orld websites are accessibility friendly, lets hope this number will=
incr=3D
>> ease."
>>
>> I suspect that the person manning the email desk may not be a=
develo=3D
>> per, as the home page does not appear to carry external content. This=
onl=3D
>> y appears to be the case after a search is made. So I mentioned this and=
=3D
>> received the following:-
>>
>> "I quite understand your advice with regard to Bobby and will act=
acc=3D
>> ordinally, once again I thank you for your valuable suggestion."
>>
>> It's great to find a receptive team and more power to them in the=
fut=3D
>> ure!
>>
>> L=3DE9onie.
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