One more, Gil: On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Gil Andre wrote: > I am sorry? Since when intelligence has been more important > than good looks? <grin> > > Sorry if this sounds very cynical, but, frankly, this debate > has been hashed and re-hashed in countless flame wars. The > end result is always the same: go with what is most popular. > Meaning...? Good looks, of course! Sad, but oh so true. Most > people will take the convenience of nice, properly-formatted > RTF file over the simpler, plainer, less "cute" HTML file. Well, again, I must disagree. Book Share is not a corporation in the sense that Microsoft is. Book Share is a U.S. 501(C)3 which means that it is in the business of serving a social need, not of making profit for its owners. Book Share's social business is serving the access needs of blind people who clearly benefit from structural markup and not good looking output. And, structural markup has won out in blindness. Please look at http://www.daisy.org and at http://www.loc.gov/nls/z3986. Yes, we have structural markup in a brand new ANSI standard--one that Book Share claims to support in its technology and service. I'm calling on them to live up to their advertising on that point. > > Just my US$ 0.02... Feel free to disagree with my idiotic > opinions, of course. And don't take any of this too > seriously. <grin> > > Oh, and have a nice and sunny week-end! > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org