Re: Web-readable list archives

First, yes, they did receive permission from Jamal, the co-sponsor of this
list.  Their response stating so got bounced, so I'm passing that answer
along for them.

I liked most of the mailto: features on your prototype and want to
encourage as many subscribers to take a look for themselves as are even
vaguely curious about an archive of this list.  I will provide further
feedback off-line.

I also liked the search feature available at Roland's site.  Check them
both out.


On Mon, 5 May 1997, Al Gilman wrote:

>   From: rsykes@gimp.com (Roland W. Sykes Mobile DIMENET Host)
>   DIMENET Carries the dev-access discussion as dnet.dev-access within DIMENET.
>   
>   You can visit us at http://www.dimenet.com/hotnews
>   
>   We would all be very glad to help you advocate for an accessible world.  
>   Including the Virtual Space.
>   
> Al, here..
> 
> Jeff, since you "shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth," let me ask:
> 
> Roland, did you get permission from Jeff to create this archive?
> 
> List subscribers, if you are interested in how our laundry looks or
> sounds in public, please take a minute to compare/contrast the
> above installation with the prototype at
> 
>   http://www.access.digex.net/%7Easgilman/dev-access/1/
> 
> One difference that may not be obvious has to do with the
> follow-up links in the prototype at my site.  This is part of a
> campaign I am on to get the work processes of the Web Access
> Initiative modified to make them more welcoming to internet users
> who move in the slow lane.
> 
> With extended mailto: URLs such as I show in the prototype, and
> Lynx or Netscape as your browser, or any others that have
> implemented the Internet Draft redefining the mailto: URL syntax,
> you can be a full participant in the group discussion without
> subjecting yourself to a firehose of list email in your inbox.
> 
> In the past this has mattered.  The lynx-learners list exists
> because lynx-dev is too much of a firehose for the lynx-learners
> subscribers.  Lynx-dev is a good model for what the working
> medium of the Initiative will be like if we don't do something to
> get some accomodations in the process model for the Initiative.
> We should be applying the lessons learned in the Lynx community
> to create a more accessible process infrastructure for the 
> Initiative.
> 
> --
> Al Gilman
>

Received on Monday, 5 May 1997 21:01:35 UTC