Re: Hello?

by "Jenny Toller" <jenny.toller(at)ntlworld.com>

Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2002 21:21:25 -0000
To:	<aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
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> I find accessibility issues annoying.
...
> Am I wrong? Short-sighted?
Yes, I believe that you are :)
Accessibility is partly a marketing issue, about not 'locking anyone
out' - everyone, after all, is a potential 'customer'. But it is also
about backwards and forwards compatibility, about writing one version of
a web site (rather than several) that everyone, no matter how old or new
their Internet device / OS / computer hardware, will be able to access
in some way or other. It is the future of the web, no less!

> After all, the Web, *is* a
> visually based medium,
Wrong! It *is* this, of course, but not entirely. What about WAP? etc.
etc.

Jenny

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