Comments on: Do You Make These Malaysia Government Website Mistakes? http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/do-you-make-these-malaysia-government-website-mistakes/ Malaysia website design blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dani http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/do-you-make-these-malaysia-government-website-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2893 dani Thu, 22 May 2008 08:54:44 +0000 aha..I guess i found similar cases in Indonesia gov sites :) most problem of malaysia (and indonesia :) ) websites are: - web standards (no doctype, not safe in any browser) - semantic web (deprecated X/HTML tags-attributes-elements, CSS) - accessibility (flashy, javascript based, absence of alt attributes) I made a list of indonesian websites/weblogs which use some of web standards rules (valid X/HTML and/or CSS and/or ATRC; see my blog's sidebar)... aha..I guess i found similar cases in Indonesia gov sites :)

most problem of malaysia (and indonesia :) ) websites are:
- web standards (no doctype, not safe in any browser)
- semantic web (deprecated X/HTML tags-attributes-elements, CSS)
- accessibility (flashy, javascript based, absence of alt attributes)

I made a list of indonesian websites/weblogs which use some of web standards rules (valid X/HTML and/or CSS and/or ATRC; see my blog’s sidebar)…

]]> By: tulipspeaks http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/do-you-make-these-malaysia-government-website-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2892 tulipspeaks Sun, 11 May 2008 04:51:58 +0000 One will be the flash intro page. Second will be the difficulty i face to navigate - i just can't find wht i need to find! Third, of course the compatibility issue - i use firefox. *sigh ammu. One will be the flash intro page. Second will be the difficulty i face to navigate – i just can’t find wht i need to find! Third, of course the compatibility issue – i use firefox.
*sigh

ammu.

]]> By: Danny Foo http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/do-you-make-these-malaysia-government-website-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 Danny Foo Wed, 07 May 2008 08:29:16 +0000 Mike, those are very good points made especially the best viewed one. ROFL! As for the MSC website, despite development in XHTML / CSS I noticed there's a major issue in the main navigation. They're using images and there's no text behind it. Therefore, if you turned off the stylesheet you'll notice Home, Rakyat, Businesses and Government goes missing. And I've a feeling whoever is updating parts of the website isn't familiar with web standards. I just found a webpage which content isn't consistent with the rest of the website: http://tinyurl.com/4nsj33 Oh well.. good effort still. :) Mike, those are very good points made especially the best viewed one. ROFL!

As for the MSC website, despite development in XHTML / CSS I noticed there’s a major issue in the main navigation. They’re using images and there’s no text behind it. Therefore, if you turned off the stylesheet you’ll notice Home, Rakyat, Businesses and Government goes missing.

And I’ve a feeling whoever is updating parts of the website isn’t familiar with web standards. I just found a webpage which content isn’t consistent with the rest of the website: http://tinyurl.com/4nsj33

Oh well.. good effort still. :)

]]> By: Mike Tee http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/do-you-make-these-malaysia-government-website-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 Mike Tee Tue, 06 May 2008 08:49:44 +0000 Hehe, one thing I realize is that they seem to use some form of "M'sian govt website template" standard: 1. Must be BLUE in color, or predominantly blue 2. MUST have scrolling marquees 3. They usually don't load if you don't type in the "www" in the URL 4. At the footer, it must have a "best viewed in IE6 at 800x600" or something to that effect However, having said that, the standards are definitely improving. The MSC website (www.msc.com.my), for instance, looks great. Hehe, one thing I realize is that they seem to use some form of “M’sian govt website template” standard:

1. Must be BLUE in color, or predominantly blue
2. MUST have scrolling marquees
3. They usually don’t load if you don’t type in the “www” in the URL
4. At the footer, it must have a “best viewed in IE6 at 800×600″ or something to that effect

However, having said that, the standards are definitely improving. The MSC website (www.msc.com.my), for instance, looks great.

]]> By: teddY http://www.dannyfoo.com/blog/website-design/do-you-make-these-malaysia-government-website-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-2891 teddY Fri, 02 May 2008 06:23:13 +0000 Lime background and grey font are one of the WORST combinations! I've seen yellow background and white fonts though, it's horrendous. Lime background and grey font are one of the WORST combinations! I’ve seen yellow background and white fonts though, it’s horrendous.

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