- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:37:53 -0500 (EST)
- To: phoenixl <phoenixl@sonic.net>
- cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Well the problem is that if we each use a different set of numbers it is going to be hard to talk about something and make sure we mean the same thing. The external technology handles this fine - converting from one scheme to another is trivial for a computer. Unfortunately it turns out that poeple's brains aren't that flexible - they like things they can make sense of and don't have to convert. (this is why the metric system is really an all-or-nothing proposition - CSS works fine with mixed units, but people tend to get confused) cheers chaals On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, phoenixl wrote: > >Hi, > >I'm kind of wondering why there needs to be only one format made available >to users. Different users have different preferences. Since this is a >technology based group, why not take advantage of technology and let users >choose what options/formats they would like to see information presented. >Why squeeze everyone into one format? > >Scott > >PS If there is a technological reason why this can't be done, then fix the >technology. > -- Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles tel: +61 409 134 136 SWAD-E http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe ------------ WAI http://www.w3.org/WAI 21 Mitchell street, FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia fax(fr): +33 4 92 38 78 22 W3C, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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