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Hi All: Michael and Joan et.al. made wise decisions about their website. Although I sympathise with those who for whatever reason cannot upgrade to pentium-level computers, it makes sense for the MJF site to be designed for those who can. From my first quick pass through the site, it is apparent that this site is designed to appeal to those who care about PD because MJF has it. For the rest of us, whose families are already struggling with the disease and its financial burdens, the site can serve as a very comforting confirmation that SOMEONE is finally bringing the realities of the disease to the masses. And, as a web designer, I know that 80% of internet users already have the Flash player since it is bundled with both Netscape and IE versions 4 and above. Flash is particularly useful to designers because the results will look the same to both Netscape and IE, and to Mac and PC users (and probably Opera and Unix and Linux and just about anything else out there). Perhaps Michael and Joan can will add a straight-text version. We may wish to strongly recommend to them that they ensure that special events like the chats they hope to do in the future be highly accessible to all-abled - both physically and hardware-ily! I'm sure it's been a flat-out race to the wire for the designers to get the site up to take maximum advantage of all this publicity. And, I'm convinced they made the right prioritization. Many thanks and congratulations and blessings to Michael and Joan. Mary Jean Gunden -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Murray Charters Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 2:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: MJF WebSite comparison... I'm disappointed... I mighta known... They went for all the bells and whistles so the site won't work right unless you have an expensive modern PC that also has all the bells and whistles. You need to enable frames and animation and have Shockwave 4.0 I wish web designers would pay attention to the accessibility guidelines especially when it comes to the sites that the average financially challenged Parkinsonian might like to surf.