The spoken language is generally thought about the least both by the internet user as well as the web masters. Over the years I have only written in English (U.S.A. version). To pacify my business consensus and my customers I have put a few links to translation programs like Altavista Babelfish or Google Language Tools, and at this time I must admit I have hidden behind the old axon "Ignorance Is Bliss". I always just kind of kept my head in the cyber sand and just kept writing code for the English reader. Over the last nine years it has become very evident that this is a great big blue marble with a vast amount of cultures and langages. I don't pretend that a web site should be written to address all of this diversity but I do believe that I as well as a good portion of the web community ignores their neighbors on the web just because (old school) "the customers don' t pay us to write in a broader format". To start with I don't believe that I have done a very professional job in working with my customers in explaining to them how their web site could be developed to appeal to a greater diversity of web site visitors. In reality I have not asked my web customers a fair question when I lead with the old attitudes. It is my responsibility to gather the facts and skills that I need to allow them to make an informed decision.

I have heard and been made aware of reports that state a statistic that 80% of the conversation between two people is body language. I am not absolutly sure about this but it does make a point that just the spoken word is not all there is said between folks when they talk. The printed word such as this tries using symbols, different fonts, pictures, clip art, special symbols, icons, even smily faces.   (Which I use very little but do find them useful occasionaly.) To try and tell what the  writer wants the reader to understand according the the writers version of reality or the lack there of! With the development and evolution of the web and as it develops its tools to be an interactive tool. I believe we are seeing the beginning of body language web style. This is definently a process in the works. It will not be just web cams and such there will be more cyber body language than you can fathom when the Terra byte limit is old school.

Currently I will use up to 20 different languages or software programs to do an average size web site. HTML is the base that the web community relies on and builds upon, although you might not be able to see it for all the wizards on the market today. Having skills that are well grounded in HTML is deffinently an advantage when it comes to form and function of web pages. As the web has developed WYSIWYG [wiziwig], an acronym for " What You See Is What You Get". With these tools it has been easier and faster to develop web sites.  This has been a tremendous advantage to the web developer and ameture web masters. Developing an entire cottage industry for the "wan-a-be" web masters and the self proclaimed web gurus.

The best web sites make form and function transparent to the user.

Allowing creativity and inspiration to come alive in the reader as they glean the heart of the content.