RE: re Rant

by "Lisa Howell" <nstar92(at)bellatlantic.net>

Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:14:00 -0300
To:	"Lois Wakeman" <lois(at)lois.co.uk>, "HWG techniques" <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
In-Reply-To:	hhb
	todo: View Thread, Original

I do not consider those of us incompetent that do not want to waste an
entire day trying to make Netscape or Opera Happy. However, because I have a
large WebTV user base, I do cater to them, and in doing so, it seems to work
for NN. But my anger is at NN for not making allowances!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
[mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]On Behalf Of Lois Wakeman
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:54 PM
To: HWG techniques
Subject: re Rant

Darrell,

I think you have it about right: the sensible aim at present is to make the
info. on a site legible to everyone (i.e. following basic accessibility
principles) and then use CSS to make it pretty for those browsers that
support it, or ugly in the case of NS4.n <.G>

Life is too short to aim for DTP-like precision for absolutely everyone. But
this is presumably the aim of the "you can't look at my nice site with that
scruffy old browser" mentality. Either that, or being too lazy or
incompetent to make some concessions for older browsers.

By analogy, we should probably be prevented from watching certain TV
channels if we have a small screen TV and a shabby couch littered with dog
hair and newspapers - not the right sort of audience ;-)

Kind regards,

Lois Wakeman
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