- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 14:02:03 -0700
- To: "Poehlman, David" <David.Poehlman@usmint.treas.gov>, "Veglahn, Wendee (WT Chen)" <Veglahn@Volpe.DOT.Gov>, "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 1:30 PM -0400 7/19/00, Poehlman, David wrote: >true that keyboards click, but it is the key press that clicks. click is a >mouse term and therefor it is not ui independant. Click is slang for "follow this link" in the same way that "web surfer" is slang for "user of the world wide web." Trying to overcome things that actually cause people to lose access to content is one thing; trying to change slang because we don't think it's "inclusive" enough is another thing altogether. Fights should be chosen wisely, and there's no reason to choose a fight over "click here for <X>" -- the meaning is perfectly unambiguous when used as slang in a non-technical setting. (The same way that it's appropriate to say "browser" instead of "user agent" in most cases.) -- -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.kynn.com/
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