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Index of Subjects The mandate of CCN is to provide access to all, not withstanding financial or technological limits. Our, and other information providers may have a different agenda and prefer a graphical interface. Text browsers often have difficulties in displaying these pages. However, newer techologies and techniques are coming to the forefront. Documents coded using XML etc. can provide the structures that can be interpreted and displayed correctly in the desired format. Until the day that they become commonplace, authors should remain sensitive to the limitations of their audience. And remember that 1% of 200 million viewers world-wide (NUA Suveys estimate of how many on-line) is 2 million. That is a large group to dis-enfranchise. Doug McCann Chair, IP Committee On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > Millions of users worldwide are using Lynx text browsers only. > > Although many of the universities in Canada and the U.S. offer graphic > connections, there are still a lot of freenets located around the world > offering only text connections. Add to that, the millions of users coming > on stream in developing countries where our older text-based computers are > now ending up. These new users are also text-based completely. > > Future websites will have to make their decisions to include text > material based on their target audience. CCN is definitely maintaining a > text interface and information site as well as moving in a co-existing set > of graphical pages for Plus users and other graphical visitors. As the IP > editor for 7 sites here on CCN, Lynx compatibility is a must. > > > CCN IP-Help > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Sun, 11 Jul 1999, Paul A Falvo wrote: > > > Is text compatibility still seen as a desirable quality in web pages? Or > > with the advent of Chebucto Plus and changes in technology, is this seen > > as less necessary now? > > > > Reason i ask is that i serve on the IT committee of an international > > grass roots organisation. At a recent meeting discussing desirable > > qualities in web pages, i suggested that maing all web pages > > text-compatible is desirable, and that it is easy to do. > > > > I had a hard time getting this point across, b/c no one seemed to think > > the effort justifies the benefit of making web pages legible to the > > diminishing group of people who still rely on text-based readers. > > > > So i'm wondering, am i behind the times? Or does CCN still advocate text > > compatibility in web sites? And if so, is there much call for this beyond > > the borders of CCN? > > > > thanks > > ~paul :) >
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