- From: Claude Sweet <sweetent@home.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:54:18 -0800
- To: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- CC: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>, "webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net" <webmaster@dors.sailorsite.net>, WAI Interest Group Emailing List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> David Poehlman wrote: > One of our biggest problems is the way all those legacy editing and > creation tools handle markup and that the people using them in large > numbers do not know a lick of html. This reminds me of DOS users who lost the battle of being the exclusive club of computer users because they alone could write programs so their computer could perform proprietary tasks. The advent of the graphical user interface represented by the Windows and Macintosh operating systems allowed the use of computers to become widely used. Suggestions that someone MUST be able to write html puts those statements in that same classification as the DOS users who wanted to prevent anyone except the "purists" from using the technology. Point, click, and drag graphical html editors will expand the use of the technology and seems to be on the brink of being able to provide the code necessary to provide full access to all computer users - Intranet and Internet users with and without disabilities. In the near future the individual who designs a personal, non-commercial web site will not manipulate the hidden html code any more than the individual who writes and uses a word processor knows (or cares) about the program code that makes the software work. The key is the end process - Does it work? How well does it work? How much time, energy, and expense is involved in learning to use the software to achieve the desired end result? The KISS principle works well - Kept It Simple Stupid. I get the feeling that there is a secret society promoting Accessibility and everyone who joins MUST suffer the pain and steep learning process in order to qualify for membership all the while someone keeps hollering "Its easy to do, if I can learn how to write accessible code - so can you!" Claude Sweet Educational Technologist
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