anti-word

[Shaun Oliver]

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002, Kirk Wood wrote:

> I hope for the sake of blind people Janina speaks for herself and not the
> AFB. Reality strike here. Many people use their computer for primarily
> business reasons. And as such they are stuck with the arrogant rules of a
> business. For some stupid reason us sighted folks prefer text that is
> formatted. And no Janina, html and text don't give the level of formatting
> that word does. Sorry, but does not computer. Will not compute.

Here here!! This is my point exactly.
We cannot expect everyone to conform to our way of doing things just
because our screen reader or sheer stubbenness won't allow us to conform
to everyone else.
I also had it pointed out to me that web pages for example should have a
degree of prettyness to them or no one will stay long enough for your page
to be viable.
Let's face it, sightlings want the pretty pictures and the animated gif
images. all you need to do ia add a textual tag to the thing so we know
what's there.
I buy a magazine every month called pc world, and in this magazine they
pull apart web pages and tell you why it works or why it will fail
dismally.
so just be mindful of what sighted people want to see when you design a
web page.
Just because your screen reader can read it, doesn't mean everyone else
who has sight can.
 > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
>
> Nowlan's Theory:
>         He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from
>         the next freeway exit.
>
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Shaun Oliver

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