Re: professionalism and wysiwyg

by Ryan Fischer <fischer(at)email.unc.edu>

Date:	Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:37:43 -0500
To:	MIchael Channing wilson <webmaster(at)lucidmind.com>, Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg(at)idyllmtn.com>
Cc:	Mark de Vries <gryphon(at)catling.demon.nl>, hwg-theory(at)hwg.org
References:	demon idyllmtn
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At 03:06 PM 10/11/98 -0400, MIchael Channing wilson wrote:
>Not without =seeing= it!

("It" referring to any number of graphics.)

Uh-huh!  (I'm sure Kynn knows more about this because of his work with
voice browsers, but here's an example:)

<IMG SRC="gazebo.jpg" ALT="picture of a gazebo" LONGDESC="gazebo.html">

The content of "gazebo.html" would contain a detailed description of every
nuance of the gazebo, much like oftentimes when I visit a museum and see
blind people walking through, with their close friend describing the
paintings to him.  If gazebo.html was marked up appropriately (simply at
best) with the aural style sheet applied, people could get the full effect
of the picture with out seeing it.  *That's* what accessibility is about.

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