- From: Bruce Bailey <bbailey@clark.net>
- Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:47:25 -0400
- To: "'Brian Kelly'" <b.kelly@ukoln.ac.uk>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Just my two cents: Many URLs don't start with "www.", for example, just "aware.hwg.com" is (just a little) ambiguous. Many word processors and email programs (and more software in the future to be sure) will convert http://www.foo.com to a live hyper text link. They will NOT do this for www.foo.com. I see enough confusion between novices confusing email and web sites (as in "my web site is at novice@aol.com" or "our company's email is www.foo.com". Please don't contribute to this by omitting the "http" bit. On Friday, July 09, 1999 6:47 AM, Brian Kelly [SMTP:lisbk@ukoln.ac.uk] wrote: > Are there any accessibility issues regarding the citation of URLs, both > online and in print? > > We've been having some discussion locally about the conventions for our > newsletter. > > The following have been suggested: > > <URL:http://www.foo.com/> > <http://www.foo.com/> > http://www.foo.com/ > www.foo.com > > The final alternative, with a Courier font, has been suggested as it's > shorter than the others. > > Would this cause any accessibility (or other) problems? > > Thanks > > Brian
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