Hi Rimantas, >Bold assumption. Does that mean that you are absolutely sure that >any person who might be potentially interested in the content provided >on your site won't use handheld for browsing?
No, I'm not sure; I just don't care. I have not developed the site for them. >Once again, does that mean that handheld devices, celular phones and >all other non desktop browsing stuff does not exist in the real world? I just don't care. I have not developed the content for them. >And then what? Complain about old browsers being used by too many people >to be ignored, complexity of the CSSx etc? I'm not complaining. I use of current technology. And my sites will be accessible to older browsers. >Once again, does that mean that handheld devices, celular phones and >all other non desktop browsing stuff does not exist in the real world? You're mixing statements. >Sure you can use whatever you wish to, but statement that current CSS >is not ready for real world is wrong, IMO. Look at papers, magazines and websites. Columns, columns and columns. Can these be easily achieved using current CSS? >And by the way: xhml1.1 cannot be served as text/html. No, it can't; it's - to use the cute phrase - tag soup. >And IE does not support application/xthml+xml. Yup, silly, eh. >Why not to stick with HTML4.01 till better times? Because I need to look to the future. Mike Pepper Accessible Web Developer www.seowebsitepromotion.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rimantas Liubertas Sent: 12 May 2004 10:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WSG] Forms, labels & headers >That's like the 'make your site accessible to handhelds' argument. In the >real world, nobody is going to access my site with a handheld because it >contains no relevant data. Bold assumption. Does that mean that you are absolutely sure that any person who might be potentially interested in the content provided on your site won't use handheld for browsing? >But as Neerav implies, there is the law of diminishing returns, and >accessibility is about making your site as accessible to as great an >audience - a real, not imagined or hypothetical audience - as possible. Once again, does that mean that handheld devices, celular phones and all other non desktop browsing stuff does not exist in the real world? >Use the currently available tools and wait for CSS and browsers to go >columnar. And then what? Complain about old browsers being used by too many people to be ignored, complexity of the CSSx etc? But I agree - use tools currently available, not those from last century (199x). Sure you can use whatever you wish to, but statement that current CSS is not ready for real world is wrong, IMO. And by the way: xhml1.1 cannot be served as text/html. And IE does not support application/xthml+xml. Why not to stick with HTML4.01 till better times? Regards, Rimantas ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ***************************************************** ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
