- From: Anne Pemberton <apembert@crosslink.net>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 07:01:50 -0800
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Al, Text cannot be "more equal" in the old "Animal Farm" sense and still meet the needs of the non-text people. No matter how many times we point to this little piece of the document or that, the overwhelming sense of the guidelines is "more than equal" status of text. So much so, that the 508 guidelines don't even suggest that the accessibility features they proscribe are useful outside of the blind community. Anne At 11:25 PM 1/2/01 -0500, Al Gilman wrote: >Somehow we have to communicate both a first-among-equals status for text >without going to Lombardiesque excess. Yes, today, text is the most important >thing; but definitely not the only thing. Because yes, there are people for >whom it is the _last_ thing they need. > >Al 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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