On Thursday 19 December 2002 07:35, Kevin McConnell uttered: > But my point being that, we all know you wouldn't be > very happy if you went and visited a site that you > couldn't know what was going on simply because > everything there was graphical. I'm an old schooler > who believes that the internet wasn't really created > for sales and pictures, but more for the distribution > of information... useful information at that. Not to mention it's quite difficult for a blind person to use text2speech tools to view your webpage. I think there are some countries that will shut down local company websites if they don't have a text alternative, much like our country (USA) will go after companies that don't have wheelchair access to their facilities or whatnot. Please keep in mind that not everybody can see, not everybody can hear, and not everybody uses a webbrowser that is the equivalent to a billboard for your company. ACCESSABILITY is the key word. -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
