text to html

[Sina Bahram]

Woh now. I never said anything about my advice being absolute or for
that matter even correct. In the nature of this list, a friendly forum
of knowledgable contribution, I attempted to offer a possible solution
among many. I never once stated mine was right, nor did I state that my
advice should be taken as anything but a suggestion. I also warned
against the bad practice of the pre elements; however, I offered one
possible solution to the problem. I will not get into an argument with
someone I have every other reason to respect over an outdated html tag
that I care little about; however, I would state that the accessibility
issues with using this command are not as grave as you may think as I
can prove with Jaws or IBM Home Page Reader each of which support and
read text in pre element tags just fine. I also thought that people were
encouraged to contribute advice so that we all may learn, apparently I
was wrong. The point of this list seems to be to offer advice so that it
may be rudely and negligently pushed aside with little regard for the
intentions behind that advice. I apologize if you do not agree with my
advice; however, I believe you could of phrased your email in a more
respectful manner.

Also as to ignorance, I resent that accusation, simply because I always
stand to be corrected, as anyone should; however, the advice I gave has
worked with a number of different accessibility options. And as I
recommended it for a quick dirty fix, for example for a few days until
propper html may be written. I do not see the harm in the advice or the
necessity for your brrunt and uncalled for manner.

Again I apologize if I have afended or said anything inappropriate, but
I don't believe I or Luke, along with Alex deserves such treatment.

Take care,
Sina

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 7:38 PM
To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
Subject: Re: text to html


Not very good advice, Sina.

let's not go around inventing this stuff out of ignorance. There are
some pretty clear guidelines about what constitutes accessible HTML at
http://www.w3.org/wai. I suggest that meeting those guidelines needs to
be a priority.

Let me make it real clear. We talk about accessibility here on this
list. We must give as we expect to receive.