Posted by Chaddy2222 on 06/28/07 16:08

On Jun 28, 11:27 pm, "rf" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
> Wimbledon is on, as I'm sure those of you in the Mother Country know.
>
> <rant>
>
> We Need to know when our local .au hero Hewitt is going to play. Checks the
> official web site and notice that he is on after Ms Williams has devoured
> her latest opponent. Click on the Williams vs whoever match. Notice a "WATCH
> MATCH LIVE" (their shouting) link. Clickety click.
>
> They want me to provide them with my email address and all sorts of things
> like my *name* and they want me to actually *pay* to look at their video
> feed. It's nice that they don't allow sponsorship advertising of any kind
> cluttering up their pretty green venu but bloody hell, they are pushing the
> almighty $ envelope here. Obviously drezigned by those idiots over in
> marketing.
>
> Bah humbug. I'll go back to my TV. Why should I pay to watch some little
> bloody tiny mpeg on my computer when I can watch my TV projecting a 10 foot
> wide image onto my lounge room wall?
>
> I wonder what they were thinking about when they did this and I wonder how
> many suckers they actually caught? Good way to piss off users of their web
> site IMHO.
>
> </rant>
>
> Addendum: My tennis partner has just informed me she simply cannot get this
> to even work on a MAC :-)
All I can say on that site is, if is the type of crap that will be
forced on the web with WCAG 2.0 then I reckon i'll need too right my
own guidelines. Actually on that subject a lot of groups have. Based
on the WCAG 1.0 but still, better then the shite that 2.0 will be.
--
Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.awardspace.biz

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