Comments on: One thing I hate about Myanmar sites and blogs http://www.bamarlay.com/2009/01/one-thing-i-hate-about-myanmar-sites-and-blogs/ Myanmar information, culture, custom, travel, websites, blogs, internet, technology Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bamarlay http://www.bamarlay.com/2009/01/one-thing-i-hate-about-myanmar-sites-and-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2791 Bamarlay Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:51:52 +0000 http://www.bamarlay.com/?p=744#comment-2791 Thanks for a very nice comment. Yes, you are right. What I was discussing was on the viewpoint of a visitor who does not know much about fonts, and don't know where to get the required font to see the page. Believe me, most visitors don't bother to find out what the font is and where to get the font. If they cannot get the font easily, they will leave your site. Sometimes, even if you provide a link to download the font, many of them don't bother to download and install your font. They will simply leave your site. As a webmaster, this is a very distressing thing. Unless you want to exclude your non-IT visitors from visiting your site, you should simply follow the mass. This is more of a user accessibility rather than a techno issue. Thanks for a very nice comment. Yes, you are right. What I was discussing was on the viewpoint of a visitor who does not know much about fonts, and don’t know where to get the required font to see the page. Believe me, most visitors don’t bother to find out what the font is and where to get the font. If they cannot get the font easily, they will leave your site. Sometimes, even if you provide a link to download the font, many of them don’t bother to download and install your font. They will simply leave your site. As a webmaster, this is a very distressing thing. Unless you want to exclude your non-IT visitors from visiting your site, you should simply follow the mass. This is more of a user accessibility rather than a techno issue.

]]> By: Okkar http://www.bamarlay.com/2009/01/one-thing-i-hate-about-myanmar-sites-and-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-2790 Okkar Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:19:46 +0000 http://www.bamarlay.com/?p=744#comment-2790 I was looking for a portable/online Zawgyi virtual keyboard and came across this post (through a few clicks, of course). Anyway, I don't know what Laka Thang's point exactly is! I'm a little more IT-literate than an average chap and I am very well aware that Zawgyi isn't a standard-compliant font. Still, it detracts from the main discussion of content creators not ensuring that their work can be consumed by the general public easily. Use whatever font you want - create your own if you wish - but at least, provide a link to get the font or indicate the font type. There were times I had to dig through the source to figure out which font to download and install. "Frustrating" is an understatement. As a side note, I would really like to see a unified effort to create a standard Burmese font system instead of everyone doing his own thing. I was looking for a portable/online Zawgyi virtual keyboard and came across this post (through a few clicks, of course).

Anyway, I don’t know what Laka Thang’s point exactly is! I’m a little more IT-literate than an average chap and I am very well aware that Zawgyi isn’t a standard-compliant font.

Still, it detracts from the main discussion of content creators not ensuring that their work can be consumed by the general public easily. Use whatever font you want – create your own if you wish – but at least, provide a link to get the font or indicate the font type. There were times I had to dig through the source to figure out which font to download and install. “Frustrating” is an understatement.

As a side note, I would really like to see a unified effort to create a standard Burmese font system instead of everyone doing his own thing.

]]> By: Sequel to One Thing I hate about Myanmar Blogs | Myanmar Man's Diary http://www.bamarlay.com/2009/01/one-thing-i-hate-about-myanmar-sites-and-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Sequel to One Thing I hate about Myanmar Blogs | Myanmar Man's Diary Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:56:47 +0000 http://www.bamarlay.com/?p=744#comment-1244 [...] above is a comment by Laka Thang about my blog article “One thing I hate about Myanmar blogs” (Actually it was written into my guest book, but I know he means about my above article, and [...] [...] above is a comment by Laka Thang about my blog article “One thing I hate about Myanmar blogs” (Actually it was written into my guest book, but I know he means about my above article, and [...]

]]> By: Laka Thang http://www.bamarlay.com/2009/01/one-thing-i-hate-about-myanmar-sites-and-blogs/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Laka Thang Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:17:41 +0000 http://www.bamarlay.com/?p=744#comment-1214 First learn which one is Unicode-complaint Burmese font before you utter your ignorance. First learn which one is Unicode-complaint Burmese font before you utter your ignorance.

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