Archive for May, 2002
May 6, 2002
Establishing Association Web Site Benchmarks
The ASAE Technology Council just published a set of questions that you can use to establish performance benchmarks for association web operations. It is a very comprehensive list that should serve as an excellent starting point for evaluating an association’s web efforts.
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May 6, 2002
Contributory Infringement: Is It Relevant on the Web?
A recent article in ASAE’s Technoscope newsletter discusses how copyright laws could be applied to hyperlinking. The following excerpt describes the risk you may attach to yourself (or organization) by linking to another site:
“Taking the concept of copyright infringement one step further, if Association A provides a hyperlink to Association B?s Web site, which contains infringing material, Association A could be held liable under the theory of contributory infringement. Such claim would be in addition to the copyright owner?s claim against Association B for copyright infringement.
Contributory infringement occurs when an individual or organization knowingly induces, causes, or materially contributes to the infringing conduct of another, the essential elements being knowledge of and participation in the infringement.”
So how does pointing to another page on the Web materially contribute to the infringing conduct of another? Seems like a stretch to me given that links are essentially bibliographic references (imho).
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May 1, 2002
Usability for Seniors
Jakob Nielsen weighs in on usability for seniors:
“Websites tend to be produced by young designers, who often assume that all users have perfect vision and motor control, and know everything about the Web. These assumptions rarely hold, even when the users are not seniors. However, as indicated by our usability metrics, seniors are hurt more by usability problems than younger users. Among the obvious physical attributes often affected by the human aging process are eyesight, precision of movement, and memory.”
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