- From: Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 07:55:04 -0600
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>, "White, Jason J" <jjwhite@ets.org>, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, Indie UI <public-indie-ui@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <OFC0ED5D48.79B1E3AA-ON86257D85.004B5B94-86257D85.004C73AF@us.ibm.com>
Rich Schwerdtfeger "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote on 10/31/2014 01:13:12 PM: > From: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> > To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS > Cc: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>, "White, Jason J" > <jjwhite@ets.org>, John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, Indie UI <public- > indie-ui@w3.org> > Date: 10/31/2014 01:14 PM > Subject: Re: [User Context] alternate taxonomy keys (GPII, > Schema.org, etc.) could be implemented as custom media features > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Richard Schwerdtfeger > <schwer@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > From: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> > >> For this purpose, user stylesheets will do fine, except that they > >> aren't supported by Chrome. Browser extensions can also handle this, > >> such as Stylish for Firefox or Chrome. > > > > It is very hard to convince customers to want to install browser extension. > > > > Like browser support for ActiveX plugins or Java applets it is a support > > issue for IT providers. > > > > For example, a bank dislikes having to manage the communication with > > customers on how to install plug-ins, etc. They have dealt with itbut banks > > find it frustrating to have to support Acrobat readers in browsers. Imagine > > aging people having to install a browser extension and having to deal with > > the support issue. > > That's fine; anything boolean can be done with the CSS syntax in a > user stylesheet. > > Trying to walk users through putting together a user stylesheet is not > any easier than getting them to install a browser extension, though. > (Probably harder, actually.) I agree with you on style sheets. I don't like user style sheets either due to the complexity and the fact that for some users creating a style sheet is far too complicated or impossible. I need to think on this more. plug-ins would be easier than style sheets but there is the maintenance issue. > > ~TJ >
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