On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:14:11PM +0100, D. Bolliger wrote: > > Here's an even worser example I tried to visit today: > it's completely unaccessible without flash: > > http://www.limmatdruck.ch
I've seen a few of those. > > (translation of the box: > "Either you have not installed a flash plugin or a version below 6. > To be able to navigate this site, please install the newest version of the > flash player") > > "You know, my son, in the old days, you could even find *text* on the > internet!" That sort of thing drives me up the wall. It just boggles my mind that a web developer would want to drive away, for instance, all blind people that use screen readers, everyone using an old system, everyone using a cutting-edge OS like Plan9, everyone browsing from a work environment where multimedia crap like Flash and Quicktime aren't allowed, and everyone who disables Flash content viewing to avoid annoying ads. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "A script is what you give the actors. A program is what you give the audience." - Larry Wall -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
