- From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 16:58:55 -0400
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>, www-tag@w3.org
- Cc: www-style@w3.org
At 1:16 PM -0700 8/19/02, Kynn Bartlett wrote: >Right, because most Web authors are like you, and say "fuck the blind!" > >That's why WAI will be ignored, because the vast majority of Web >developers are ignorant, uncaring, and proud of being so. Now you're being offensive. I never said anything like that, not even close. Just because I think your tactics are incorrect in some respects, does not mean I disagree with your goals. >See, this is where you are simply continuing to show your ignorance. The >idea that some magical special needs software can solve all the problems >is one of the big myths of Web accessibility. "Oh, it's not our problem, >some non-existent software which, by definition, can't do the job, will >come along and solve everything!" > >Software such as you describe simply can't be written, especially not >with arbitrary XML spilling over the Web. Yes, I know, "fuck the >blind" and all, they don't deserve to access the Web anyway. > To be blunt, I don't believe you. I think it can and will be written. -- +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | Elliotte Rusty Harold | elharo@metalab.unc.edu | Writer/Programmer | +-----------------------+------------------------+-------------------+ | XML in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition (O'Reilly, 2002) | | http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xian2/ | | http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0596002920/cafeaulaitA/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Read Cafe au Lait for Java News: http://www.cafeaulait.org/ | | Read Cafe con Leche for XML News: http://www.cafeconleche.org/ | +----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
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