[A12n-forum] Re: Fwd: Arabic script web site hosting solution for all platforms

[Andrew Cunningham <andrewc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had a look at their website. As far as I can tell if detects 
browser version and OS, and if you're running IE6 on win2000/xp it wil 
serve up text, for other browsers and operating systems it uses the php 
GD function to generate a series of small images for each word. One a 
large website, it would dramatically increase the required bandwidth the 
site uses.
Also means that text can't be resized for people with vision
impairments who many need the text displayed at a larger size to read.

Also prevents people cutting and pasting between that page and other
documents, eg if you want to quote something.

Seems a retrograde step to use new technologies to generate "text as
image" solutions.


Andrew

dzo@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> FYI...
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Lateef Sagar <lateef_sagar@xxxxxxxxx> -----
>     Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 02:04:13 -0700 (PDT)
>     From: Lateef Sagar <lateef_sagar@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "sagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <sagar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: Arabic script web site hosting solution for all platforms
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> <paktype@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "microsoftvoltuserscommunity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
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> ps.msn.com" 
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> <urducomputing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi all,
> I am happy to announce the release of the beta version
> of ZabanAware technology.
> Through this technology you can have a static or
> dynamic web site written in any language that is based
> on Arabic script without worrying about the support of
> browsers at the client end.
> Zero installation at client and server side is the
> main feature of the technology. You can host it on any
> server that supports PHP. Just a few script files are
> uploaded like the content of the site at your server
> and there you go.
>
> Visit and check yourself:
>
> www.zaban.net/zabanaware/sample.html
>
>
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