Agree on that,
the base level should be that the site is usable.
But also to be taken into consideration are things as deliberate
low-tech or small-scale branding of content.
So the way it looks might not visualise the level of expertise behind
the product, but does it ever ;)
marCus
Mike Lowndes wrote:
> I don't think that anyone's really advocating that, but as with the
> minimum wage ;^) a certain consistent base level should be expected and
> supported.
> Mike
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> One problem I with the issues raised in this discussion is: Should all
> museums be aspiring to have the same level of web prescence?
>
> I don't expect Mr Mali's newsagent to have the same web presence as
> Tesco (does anyone else?). Do users really expect the same web offering
> from a one room village museum as the do from a National Museum?
>
> I would find it really strange if a specialist pottery shop was branded
> included in the same "brand" as Selfridges (other than very generically
> as "shops"). Do users really see a Fan museum as the same "product" as
> Buckinghamshire Museum?
>
> Trevor Reynolds
> Collections Registrar
> English Heritage 3 Bunhill Row, London EC1Y 8YZ
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