Re: length of text lines. Plus: Pigs In Cyberspace?

by "Joshua Graham" <jagraham(at)ozemail.com.au>

 Date:  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 17:12:15 +1000
 To:  <hwg-theory(at)hwg.org>
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This is facetious, but it amused me when I thought of it. I suffer for my
humour - now it's your turn ;-)


Lowest Common Denominator? Forget it.

1) Develop for the latest cool stuff so that it needs the latest hardware
and software
2) Buy shares in popular hardware and o/s vendors' companies.


I suppose, though, that's all too often very near the truth. Ahhh well.

Given this is Accessibility Month, are we going to discuss methods for HTML
and/or XML in the non-visual media? We've been exhorted to in the recent
newsletter, any ideas for starters?

What about the uses of markup even for non-human consumption, maybe not "The
Web The Way Your Dog Wants It" but for 'convergence' devices and software
agents - perhaps "The Web The Way Your Fridge Wants It".

<grocer>
<customer id="GRAHAM1">Joshua Graham</customer>
<agent/>Refrigerator
<order shiptoaddress="1">
<item qty="1" sku="2231">Leg of Ham, 1kg, Smoked Honey Glazed</item>
</order>
</grocer>


Josh.
Graham Information Science Pty Ltd
jagraham(at)ozemail.com.au

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