- From: Philip TAYLOR [PC336/H-XP] <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:46:01 +0000
- To: www-html@w3.org
Dear Rob -- How lucky you are to have perfect vision, highly developed aesthetic sensibilities, and a dedicated T3 link. But from your privileged position, try to dedicate just a little time to considering the plight of those who have none of these, yet /still/ need to be able to comprehend (I won't say "appreciate") the pages which you create. If you can do this, you may begin to see that appearance and aesthetics /aren't/ the be-all and end-all of web design : accessibility, adherence to standards, and logical markup, are all equally important, and (from the perspective of those unable to share your privileged position), perhaps even more so. Philip Taylor, RHBNC -------- Rob Larsen wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mikko Rantalainen" <mira@cc.jyu.fi> > > > The problem is that amateur web authors generally consider page looks > > much more important than the content. > > A "problem?" I hate to be the one to step on your utopian vision of the > secret life of _professional_ web designers and developers, but, in the real > world "how it looks" is a mighty large percentage of how successful you are. > Maybe we could somehow reprogram the world so that visual aesthetics don't > matter. In its place we could install the inherent technical beauty of > adhering to w3c specifications. Then maybe worrying about "how a page looks" > could be considered a problem... > > Sorry for sullying the purity of your discussion with my ugly, real world > opinions. > > Rob
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