- From: Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:01:53 -0400
- To: HTML Working Group <public-html@w3.org>
On 7/6/07 1:25 PM, "gonchuki" <gonchuki@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 7/6/07, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org> wrote: >> >> I'm intrigued by the claim that source formatting contributes >> to accessibility. I'm not at all persuaded; I would have to >> see considerably more evidence. Josh Sled's reply is a request >> for that evidence. I'm interested to see the discussion continue, >> and I think it's a reasonable use of group email bandwidth. >> >> -- >> Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ >> >> > > what I mean with accessibility on this issue is that we must ensure > that the source code is viewable and understandable to any disabled > person, be it that she has low vision or focus/attention disorders. We > must assume that *they are* also authors, and they will surely look at > W3C docs source for a quick reference on how things should be done... > heck, may be they could even be translators like Alejandro and me, I > guess there's no more requirement to be a translator than to fully > know the language you are using. > In a nutshell, that was my main reason to send this to public-html and > not other list. > > I agree with Robert Burns in that XML-like syntax is easier to read, > human readability of the code is a must if we are to encourage > standards compliance, as that generally requires authors to go > manually checking the code. > > regards, > Gonzalo Rubio // gonchuki > I like well written html as much as the next guy but this isn't really _important_ right now. Besides, any page I view source of looks perfectly formatted thanks to an htmltidy plugin I have. -- :: thyme online ltd :: po box cb13650 nassau the bahamas :: website: http://www.thymeonline.com/ :: tel: 242 327-1864 fax: 242 377 1038
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