On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:04:03 -0700 Ian Stephen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:33, Joel Hammer wrote: > > Who in his right mind would use vbscript over javascript in their html, > > anyway? Why would you keep out anyone not using IE and a modern version > > of windows? > > Who indeed, yesterday I was looking for information on schools from a > neighbouring district www.sd35.bc.ca and to my amazement found > > "This website will not work with Netscape. Please use only Internet > Explorer minimum Ver. 5.0. Thank You." > > Disgraceful. The Swedish government passed a law a while back that all internet access of government resources must be OS/browser agnostic. Good call, there. I wish other governments would get the same clue. > A good chunk of the rest of my evening was taken up with writing what I > hope was a compelling argument why a school district website should be > accessible to all. I would imagine that for these people you must argue that as a user of Netscape/Opera/whatever, you are handicapped. What are the laws on handicap access? -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
