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Subject:Re: resume on a web page From:Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 9 Nov 1997 07:51:07 -0500
Actually, I didn't mention frames -- I was thinking more of proprietary
tags and effects, etc.
(Silly me, I forgot my standard disclaimer -- use common sense and
target your stuff for your intended audience.)
Crabby in the Carolinas,
A.
--
Alexia Prendergast
Tech Pubs Manager
Seagate Software (Durham, NC, USA) mailto:alexiap -at- seagatesoftware -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM> wrote:
>
> >3. Is the web page accessible by all browsers, designed well, and
> >indexed with the major search engines?
>
> I don't see accessability as a sacred requirement here. Most of my
> web
> pages are compatible with ancient browsers, but not my resume.
> =46rames-capable browsers have been around for a long time now, and
> MSIE =
> is
> free for the taking. I don't want to start out working for some
> company
> that is too technologically backwards to view framed web pages.
> Certain
> documents look better framed, and my resume is one of them. To view
> it
> without frames would not be a fair evaluation of my HTML skills, and
> is
> that not the true reason someone puts a resume on the web anyway?
>