- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 15:38:41 -0400 (EDT)
- To: w3c-wai-hc@w3.org (HC team)
to follow up on what Dave Raggett said: > On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Al Gilman wrote: > > > One medium clearly missing from the current list is the > > character-cell array. That's a media type that is interfaced to > > the WWW past, present, and future. And it includes the > > refreshable Braille display and TTD as well as the DOS console and > > VT-100. It does not make sense to lump it with pixelated screens. > > What would be a good name for this class? Here are some ideas: > > - character-cell-array > - text-only > - tty > - console > - terminal > > "character-cell-array" doesn't seem quite right. I have used > "text-only" quite a lot myself. "tty" is my favorite I think > and consistent with the "<TT>...</TT> element which has been > part of HTML from day one. > Character-cell-array is perhaps technically most precise but it sure doesn't come trippingly off the tongue. My weak favorite is "console" because that term is used in the X and Windows environments where they actually have options. I say "weak favorite" because I care more about the definition than the name. -- Al
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