Posted by Bone Ur on 10/30/07 07:36

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:53:40 GMT
dorayme scribed:

>> >> And lastly, I'm not one of those who subscribe to the "least
>> >> common denominator approach" to web page creation just to strictly
>> >> satisfy certain concepts which are arguable to begin with.
>> >
>> > Presumably "just to satisfy certain concepts" indicates you think
>> > it a dumb trivial clerical obsessive motive. Otherwise why use
>> > these words?
>> >
>>
>> An author _should_ try to make his pages as accessible as possible, but
>> sacrificing popular and versatile utility for coverage of uncommon
>> conditions and situations is just plain dumb.
>
> A good author does not have to "sacrifice" fancy things to
> "cover" the less common type of users, (especially the disabled,
> the ones on very slow dialup etc etc). It may be hard work for
> sure, but it is not a case of sacrificing, at least not anything
> but authoring time.

Guess what? This message does _not_ appear on Motzarella. I suspected
some items were missing; that's why I adopted a dual presence to check.

Anyway, about your misconception, some things are always sacrificed when
you break new ground. The trick is not to sacrifice unnecessarily or use
it as an excuse to be less-than-proficient. I'm not advocating ignoring
accessibility, but I do state that practical considerations may cause some
compromise.


--
Bone Ur
Cavemen have formidable pheromones.

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