- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:35:31 -0800
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 10:48 AM 11/28/00 -0000, Sean B. Palmer wrote: >correctly. The WAP world is already complaining about the complexity handed >down from HTML and CSS. Well, from my point of view the WAP world isn't "the web". The instrument can access a very small part of the web, and lacks "accessibility" to those with limited vision and those who need help with text. Don't know that you can use a speech reader (or similar) device with WAP. >> And all of this is just about the text accessibility of the web, not the >> accessibility of the web in general. > >My point is that Web trends and accessibility are intrinsically linked. The >fact is that the Web is becoming more accessible by design, and I won't let >anything get in the way of that if I can help it. "Accessible by design" for whom? Are there any features of your vision of the "accessible web" that are useful or beneficial for the non-text people? Anne PS: Even graphical "pure art" has meaning or it wouldn't exist, just as "pure art" in text, e.g. poetry, has meaning. Anne L. Pemberton http://www.pen.k12.va.us/Pav/Academy1 http://www.erols.com/stevepem/Homeschooling apembert@crosslink.net Enabling Support Foundation http://www.enabling.org
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