[thelist] FWD: Internet World - The Good Side Of Regulation

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> From:	Palyne  [SMTP:pj@sciencehorizon.com]
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> Regulation
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> What offended me when reading "accessibility" requests and 
> requirements (there were three 'levels') was the constant reference 
> to things like, "Do all this crap because the current blind-readers 
> can't interpret the modern html.." and then later, "...but then do this 
> other crap too in case their reader is old and outdated, and then do 
> this other crap in case even that doesn't work for them."  We 
> expect millions of people to get modern software to see tables, 
> frames etc., but we're supposed to design web sites so a few 
> hundred, maybe even a few thousand people, some of whom may 
> have reading-software from 1989, can read it too?  That's like 
> having a client tell me that they want a cool modern web site but it 
> has to be viewable by the 1986 AOL browser (aaaaugh!) just in 
> case a few folks still have it.  
[Burns, Martin]  

PJ

Nearly all of your issues can be addressed by dynamically delivering
appropriate content to appropriate browsers using database & template
publishing.

That way, when a new requirement is released, you just need to either
amend an existing template, or introduce a new one with associated
test. Pretty much 5 sets of templates should cover almost everything:
1) HTML4 standards compliant (ie Opera & Mozilla plus forward compatible)
2) IE4/5
3) NS 4
4) HTML3.2 with non-critical javascript
5) HTML 2 which will cover text browsers, NS1.1 & nearly every screen reader

I could argue with the central thrust of your argument, but I'm at work
and want to spend *some* time on the work they pay me for :-)

Cheers
Martin


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