RE: Sv: Question from Last Week's WCAG Teleconference

At 12:02 PM 10/26/00 -0700, Cynthia Shelly wrote:
>use a form to gather user preferences

I guess that's a big part of what I mean by pie-in-sky. Forms are a major 
stumbling block for someone like me and I suspect that I'm not too unusual 
in that respect. Maybe some day XForms will do something useful but 
meanwhile things like the "wallets" or Opera's personal data file, etc. are 
just public relations nonsense. If there's no standard, there's no way. 
I've typed my name and address about 3,576,347 times and once should have 
been enough. I shouldn't have to be asked in an emergency room if I'm 
allergic to penicillin or have adverse reactions to any medications. But I 
am asked and by a highly trained nurse who takes the information with 
pen/paper! As to what my "preferences" are, why would I know? I can't tell 
unless I already know too much.

The fact that the technology for this is almost trivial doesn't change the 
fact that it does not exist in practice. We'll see. Meanwhile we need to 
get out guidelines.

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Love.
                 ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE