- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 10:50:42 -0700
- To: Avi Arditti <aardit@voa.gov>
- Cc: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
On May 3, 2004, at 9:37 AM, Avi Arditti wrote: > Not all Web authors -- or lawyers or scientists or so on -- are > writers, > and not all writers are good communicators. Thus, when told "write > clearly," chances are they do not know how, and so interpret that > defensively as censorship. I think we just have to tell people "write well" and give references to what we mean by that, and don't say "write clearly." There are types of writing for which you do NOT want to "write clearly." Heck, there are types of writing for which you don't actually want to "write well." This type of rule presented as a rule causes more damage than it's worth. --Kynn > -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Author, CSS in 24 Hours http://cssin24hours.com Online Campaign Manager http://ByronForCongress.org Inland Anti-Empire Web Log http://inlandantiempire.org AIM: NextOfKynn | Cell: (909) 202-9872 | Office: (714) 526-5656
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