- From: <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:45:27 -0700 (PDT)
- To: elharo@metalab.unc.edu (Elliotte Rusty Harold)
- Cc: kynn@idyllmtn.com, Svgdeveloper@aol.com, www-tag@w3.org, www-style@w3.org
Elliotte wrote: > This is taken out of context. 6.1 is part of Guideline 6, "Ensure > that pages featuring new technologies transform gracefully." > "Although content developers are encouraged to use new technologies > that solve problems raised by existing technologies, they should know > how to make their pages still work with older browsers and people who > choose to turn off features." Guideline 6 is not an end in itself. It > is a sop thrown to older browsers. But the point is that arbitrary XML is meaningless without something telling you what it means. And that is the primary accessibility problem of arbitrary XML. Even if you send a style sheet, it will likely still be unintelligible for those people with special needs. --Kynn
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