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

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> From:	Jason Lustig [SMTP:lustig@acsu.buffalo.edu]
> Sent:	Saturday, March 18, 2000 3:38 AM
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> Subject:	RE: [thelist] FWD: Internet World - The Dark Side Of
> Regulation
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> I just want to voice my 2 cents on this topic. First of all, who cares HOW
> many disabled people there are? What good will it do you? My opinion is
> that
> we shouldn't be forced to make our code comply with their programs. They
> should make their programs comply with our code.
[Burns, Martin]  
I'm really, really hoping I've misunderstood you. What you seem to be
saying is "disabled people should adapt to the way we want to code
things".

Do you have a nice sideline in miracle cures?

> Also, I like the idea of a tag you can add to the page, like the
> <noframes>
> tag, maybe <disabled> that text-to-speech browsers will only read in. YOU
> would just copy the text to inside that tag, and voila! The text-to-speech
> browser will rad the text!
[Burns, Martin]  Now that's a pretty good idea...
Of course, that's part of the whole CSS concept.

Cheers
Martin




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