Connectivity and accessibility

Connectivity

Make sure the end users’ computer meets the minimum system requirements. If the end users’ computer doesn’t match up to most of these requirements, the users may have problems in using the Elite web site. It is really important to prove the most common browsers support XML. We are planning to use Flash MX, which is standalone application however Flash MX generates XML, which can interact with database server. So whether the common browsers support XML is the issue.
For most of part, XML users will be using a standard Internet Browser. The major browsers that have announced XML support include Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and Navigator 5 as well as Mozilla 1.x, Opera 7.11 and AOL 8.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5

Microsoft took the lead in the browser world in terms of its support of the standards-based XML. It has the best implementation of XML in its browser as compared to any other vendor. Internet Explore includes complete support with XML DOM and support of the transformation tools of XSL. However, it does not fully support the CSS, which is thought to be the best way of displaying XML data in a browser.

Netscape Navigator 5

Netscape support of XML comes in its browser engine called Gecko.

Accessibility

I think it is important to consider in the earlier stage of the development whether the web site that we made accessible to everybody. A highly accessible design will meet the requirements of users with physical or technical difficulties. Good clear design will make content easy to read. Use resizable text and Alt tags (screen tips) for all images. We already considered using resizable text and selectable text.

However, I found a problem that only using flash site not appropriate for epilepsy.
Solution for this problem could solve by provides only text site along with flash version site but I am not sure whether we need to put an effort to provide HTML version site for this project.