- From: Mike Paciello <paciello@yuri.org>
- Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 13:21:40 -0500
- To: "Linda M. Cunningham" <linda.cunningham@his.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Linda: The logo program has been tried, fairly unsuccessfully in the past. That's why we're trying to do something via PICS. If, however, a major industry partner sponsored/marketed/promoted the logo, we might have a better chance. - Mike At 10:49 AM 2/2/98 -0700, Linda M. Cunningham wrote: >> Chris wrote: >>> On another subject has anyone had any bright ideas about >>> what to do with mdashes -- one site I've been helping with >>> has been using two regular dashes, like this: -- and I've >>> been using — on another site. However I've now realized >>> that while — works OK it's not in the ISO character >>> set. And what is concerning me more is how speech >>> synthesizers would deal with this, anyone got any ideas? > >David Pawson wrote: > >> The quick and dirty is to avoid using them - there are >>alternatives. > >This is true, but as a writer and editor, I would rather not have to edit >work around not being able to use punctuation that is appropriate to the >content I am producing for the web site. > >I've been lurking for a week or so on this list, and unless I missed it, >there hasn't been any mention of rewarding sites that do conform to WAI >standards -- only ways to fix "bad" sites. Perhaps the carrot approach of >letting appropriate sites display a "WAI-compliant" logo would encourage >more content providers to ensure their sites are friendlier. Thoughts? > >Linda > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Linda M. Cunningham | List Owner, CANWINE >http://www.canwine.com - Canadian Wines Home Page >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >
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