Posted by Gustavo Narea on 11/11/05 16:57

Hello.

Richard Lynch wrote:
> On Thu, November 10, 2005 10:11 am, Jochem Maas wrote:
>
>><rant mode="troll" sarcasm="true" anger="+3" replies="duck">
>
> ...
>
>>or put another way - is there a good reason why the web should be any
>>less
>>discriminating than the rest of society.
>
>
> Yes.
>
> It's the WORLD WIDE WEB.
>
> I mean, it's all very well to discriminate against those people way
> far away whom you will never see in the first place, but they're not
> any farther away any more, are they? :-^
> [tongue firmly planted in cheek, folks!]

Yes, I agree with you here.

> And if you are a large corporation, you very well may be subject to
> laws with significant risks attached ($$$) for not being accessible.
> Google for "Olympic Committee blind user Australia big fine" for more
> on that topic. That alone makes it worth considering.

But it depends on the country. It should be something international.

At least in Venezuela, It isn't so.

> Another very good reason is that even normal users have a not-so-good
> experience with the damn things.

I agree with you. On the other hand, in many sites, visual turing
numbers are very hard to understand.

Regards.

--
Gustavo Narea.
PHP Documentation - Spanish Translation Team.
Valencia, Venezuela.

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