Posted by Martin Heffels on 09/25/06 16:24

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:28:15 +0100, Spex <No.spam@ta.com> wrote:

>This is my reason for insisting that it should be operating
>systems that deal directly with needs of the handicapped user. I think
>it is patronising to produce content for the handicapped. Handicapped
>people are often fiercely opposed to this approach and would prefer to
>have the tools to help experience the world as we do. We should be
>pushing the main operating system manufacturers to better develop
>accessibility tools and input devices that best help the user's disability.

Sure. How much help will a website be for blind people, when it is built in
Flash all the way? Not at all. Therefor it is an excellent idea to built
your website for the lowest-common-denominator, and if you have common
sense, also think of the blind people, who with special software can
convert the text to braille and read the website that way (or have it
spoken).
What the W3C takes care off, is that there is a standard which works for
all browsers. Stick to the standard and your content will show up the same
on all browsers. But unfortunately that turns out to be just theoretical
for now.

[...]
>What ticks me off is the insinuation that as a web developer one is
>somehow a poor developer or at least not a good one if one doesn't cover
>all bases no matter how diverse and marginal they might be. Come into
>the real world.

Indeed.

cheers

-martin-
--
"Every picture defines its own look, and that definition begins with the
director's intentions for the script ... I have Ingmar Bergman to thank
for letting me experiment with a kind of cinematography that utilizes
true light where possible. ... He was intensely interested in light and
how it can be applied to create a given atmosphere."
- Sven Nykvist, passed away 20-9-2006

Farewell Sven. You are a great inspiration. May you guide our lights
from heaven!

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