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Originally Posted by RaviG

1. Do you guys grade across browser compatibility? I am having serious issues getting Flash videos to work, and HTML5 seems to fail on IE. I may be able to pull it off before thursday.

Yes, but pixel perfection isn't terribly important. Content should be accessible on anything. As for HTML5 video... that's still a hot mess these days. Chrome 16 doesn't have full screen playback available, and you're right about IE9 failing. (And Firefox 10) It might be that you're using the .MOV container. .MP4 is more compatible I believe, and works with Flash players as well.

Check out this article: http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/s...stom-controls/

If you want to be totally sure, switch to Flash for desktops. HTML5 video playback is really only good on mobile devices right now.

Originally Posted by RaviG

2. Would you consider the content on this site geared toward everyone, or just our team? I personally see it as widespread, but I could see the argument for the latter.

It's for everyone. You can (and should) have team oriented content, but it should not be the predominant focus. Your home page should be welcoming and understandable to someone completely new to FIRST, and it shouldn't alienate them.

Originally Posted by RaviG

3. Are websites graded at the deadline (16th) or at regionals?

Grading can start at the deadline. Grades must be in the Monday before a regional starts. Your site could be graded at any point between then. It's graded live, there's no snapshot or whatever. You can (and should) continue working on your site and posting updates.

One of the biggest faults a team can make is doing something like going to a week 1 regional, and posting nothing on their site about how they did by the time they go to their second week 4 or 5 regional.