- From: Peter Bosher <peter@soundlinks.com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 10:40:06 +0100
- To: <ann@webgeek.com>
- CC: <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Greetings, It's time for another gentle reminder: please, when quoting threads, put your new comments at the top. Just try the example below with a screen-reader. Some of us have other things to do as well. Regards. Peter On 1998-08-09 ann@webgeek.com said: >At 07:54 PM 8/9/98 -0700, Kynn Bartlett wrote: >>At 07:31 p.m. 08/09/98 -0700, Ann Navarro wrote: >>>Part of the message that WSP is trying to get across, is that the >>>demands of design sometimes require implementations that don't >>>validate: in part, because of inconsistent support of the >>>standards in the major browsers. IOW, to make a design present >>>consistently, what otherwise might be seen as "bad habits" and >"invalid HTML" may need to be used. > >>Okay, so the WSP suggests that web authors ignore the published >>vendor-neutral standards, and instead use specifics hacks just >>to get around problems in implementation? >No, I didn't say that. I said that inconsistent implementations of >those vendor-neutral standards, proffered by a body that many of >the user-agent publishers belong to, cause significant extra >development effort that costs an enormous amount of time and money. >>and what exactly is WSP planning to do to make this >>happen? >The web site gives solid information on what the group is about. It >does not have "we plan to contact Mr. Jones, at Company X, and tell >him Y." To expect that is unrealistic. The steering committee has >influential contacts at the companies we wish to form a dialog with, >and intends to use those to get our message across. >>I know, I know, it'll be on the website tomorrow. Hopefully I'll >>find something that makes me think this isn't just another case >>of "form an official sounding organization because it makes us >>look more impressive, despite not having any way to accomplish the >>goals we've for ourselves." >That statement assumes much, including "not having any way to >accomplish..." >As a supporter of WAI, I find it puzzling that you would deride an >effort that could result in more developers embracing CSS and other >techniques that lend themselves to more accessible web sites, >should those standards be fully and consistently implemented in >browsers. >Any further constructive commentary on the group's activities is >welcome on it's mailing list, info available from the site. >Ann >--- >Author of Effective Web Design: Master the Essentials >Buy it online! http://www.webgeek.com/about.html >Owner, WebGeek Communications http://www.webgeek.com >Vice President-Finance, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org >Pointgrrl, Central Coast Webgrrls
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