- From: Alan J. Flavell <flavell@a5.ph.gla.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:19:58 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: WAI Guidelines List <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Kynn Bartlett wrote: > For example, it's > possible that they think a text-only site is the best way to > convey their information or they're trying to cater to a Lynx > crowd. If I might make a comment on that specific point: it seems to me to be a fundamental misunderstanding to "cater to" Lynx users by generating text-only versions. Text-only versions can (paradoxically?) be useful to those using graphical browsers, because those browsers typically do not behave well when auto image loading is turned off. Lynx has no difficulty in accessing a non-customised web page in text mode, and displaying the appropriate text-mode fallback that has been provided (we hope, in accordance with good WWW design practice). No matter how cleverly the multiple variants of the same page might be generated, the procedure inevitably impacts cacheability. If the benefits outweigh that, then it would be OK, and there could well be situations where that seems to be the case; but as a general principle, I don't believe they do. best regards
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