- From: Janina Sajka <janina@afb.net>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 01:13:15 -0400 (EDT)
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>
- cc: Paul Schroeder <pws@afb.net>, "Fernando 'The Dude' Botelho" <fbotelho@interport.net>, Jay Leventhal <jaylev@afb.net>, Crista Earl <ivorycc@ix.netcom.com>
If I may be permitted the analogy, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote some rather delightful symphonies though he was stone deaf. Of course, he was not deaf from birth. For myself, I can tell you that my early training in computer programming was based around writing graphics display programs -- the kind of things that used rules and random numbers to generate perpetually changing art. Was it good? Some people thought some of it was quite good. Lastly, consider that some of us are quite capable of dressing ourselves very fashionably. Then, others of us don't care about such things. So, my conclusion is that it would be unfair to generalize about some inate inability here. Janina Sajka, Director Information Systems Research & Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina@afb.net On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > comments can be sent directly to the list, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> > > --- FORWARDED MESSAGE --- > Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 21:25:07 -0700 > To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org > From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> > : > : > Subject: Appropriate Use of Graphics, and Web Design by Blind People > > Question: Does a requirement to use graphics "when appropriate" -- > something that may not be easily done by users with visual > disabilities -- mean that blind people are not going to be "good" > web designers? > > Especially if we are going to expect them to be skilled in graphical > user interface design and understand how to use images to communicate > with people with cognitive disabilities? > > If we adopted a "use graphics" requirement as a P1, would a blind > designer be able to meet that requirement effectively? > > Just thinking out loud -- don't mind me. > > -- > Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/ > Director of Accessibility, edapta http://www.edapta.com/ > Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain Internet http://www.idyllmtn.com/ > AWARE Center Director http://www.awarecenter.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------- > He that lives on Hope, dies farting > -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1763 > -------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net> > WebMaster and Minister of Propaganda, VICUG NYC > <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/index.html> > -------------------------------------------------------- > >
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