Re: Media - Suit Over Airlines' Web Sites Tests Bounds of ADA from David Woolley on 2002-10-08 (w3c-wai-ig@w3.org from October to December 2002)

From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 07:23:38 +0100 (BST)
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Message-Id: <200210080623.g986Nc000795@djwhome.demon.co.uk>

> A well written HTML document is an abstract representation of some 
> information. I can never make that information accessible to someone who is 

But HTML, on commercial web sites, is not used for its intended purpose
of conveying information, although even "web" is a misnomer.  "web" sites
are selling mechanisms, not information supply ones.  HTML, on commercial
web sites, is a language for controlling the image on Internet Explorer.

Received on Tuesday, 8 October 2002 02:24:20 UTC