Re: Accessibility

Brian,

The speculation is that is will be auditory surfing.  But then again who
knows?  Things are changing at an amazing rate.  I got the figures from one
of the Cellular phone companies.  The point is however things are going to
change and the US Centric nature of the Web and the Internet will most
likely change to some degree.

Sincerely,

Mike Burks
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Sinclair <sinclairb(at)uswest.net>
To: <hwg-theory(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: Accessibility


> 600 MILLION?  I'd like to know where that number was derived, and by what
> date this is supposed to happen.  A lot of cellular phone companies offer
> e-mail access via a cell phone, but surfing the web with a screen that
> small is something that will likely not reach those numbers any time soon.
>
> Brian Sinclair
> Webmaster, telehealth.net
> http://www.telehealth.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Burks [SMTP:mburks952(at)worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 06:54 AM
> To: hwg-theory(at)hwg.org; Christopher Higgs
> Subject: Re: Accessibility
>
> Christopher,
>
> it is about time someone pointed this out.  Many people in the US believe
> the Internet is their exclusive domain.  This is going to change quickly.
>  I
> saw one prediction of 600 plus million using hand held cell devices to
> access the Internet.  That should shake things up!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Mike Burks
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Christopher Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
> To: <hwg-theory(at)hwg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 4:07 AM
> Subject: Accessibility
>
>
> > OK - Accessibility with a new slant :)
> >
> > I'm not talking about web-accessibility, but internet-accessibility!
> >
> > While I realise readers of this list aren't the "average everyday user",
> I
> > still see a continual suggestion that 28.8 is the "minimum" access speed
> > webmasters should consider when designing.
> >
> > Here's a local report I came across recent (4/4/99 - non Y2K compliant
> date
> > format :)
> >
> > >DIGITAL DATA INQUIRY: AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY REPORT
> > >Norm O'Doherty
> > >Special Adviser, Australian Communications Authority
> > [snip]
> > >THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DISPARITY BETWEEN METROPOLITAN AND RURAL CUSTOMERS
> at
> > >the reasonable data rates of 14.4 kbit/s and 28.8kbit/s as shown in the
> > >table below.
> > >
> > >PSTN Data Transmission Rates in 'Urban and Provincial/Rural' Areas
> > >
> > >Transmission Rate     2.4kbit/s     9.6kbit/s     14.4kbit/s
> 28.8kbit/s
> >
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >Metro                        99%           95%           85%
> 60%
> >
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >Rural                         99%           70%           45%
> 30%
> >
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > (This quote was extracted from a public forum
> > http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/online-ed/ - the full report is
available
> > from http://www.aca.gov.au )
> >
> > Given that the Internet isn't as US-centric as members on some of the
> other
> > lists tend to think *VBG*, and that there appears to be a significant
> > difference between urban and rural users (at least in Australia), what
> > access speed do most web designers design for?
> >
> > (Just as well none of my Stats students will quote me on that "sig dif"
> > without an alpha error :)
> >
> >
> > Chris Higgs <c.higgs(at)landfood.unimelb.edu.au>
> > Gilbert Chandler College
> > http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/
> >
>

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