- From: Chris Maden <crism@oreilly.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 10:15:25 -0500 (EST)
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
[Charles McCathieNevile] > 1. Paper - 4 type > 1. Envelopes > 2. Notepaper > 3. Letterhead > 4. Poster paper This is exactly the kind of thing I don't like. Technology should serve people, and not vice versa. The information that there are four sub items is present in the document, and software should be able to extract it for those that need it. Requiring all users to see the redundant information clutters up the page, and requiring all authors to perform a mechanical task that should be automated will encourage dismissal of the guidelines as onerous, irrelevant, and in conflict with good design principles. There is no good reason for this guideline. To put it another way: if you need this information, would you rather require on the world's thousands of Web authors to give it to you, probably incorrectly and possibly in a different language than your native one, or your browser, in a way configurable by you and always right? -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek>
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