Avoiding HTML is also a plus for blind users: From what I know, some/many often prefer text base mail clients over GUI clients.

I _guess_ that for blind people top-posting is much better than bottom-posting, because finding the new text with a screen reader is much harder than for a sighted user.

For the same reason, the suggestion to cleanup not needed stuff is really reasonable.

Malte.

On 03.10.2011 22:37, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
I have a question.  I don't know the answer.

In a discussion of mailing-list etiquette, there was a link to an useful web page by 
Italo Vignoli:<http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette>.

I favor that perspective, and I also made a promise (below) to use whatever 
approach that worked best for recipients who employ accessibility assistance in 
some form.

I am thinking of this list, but I mean for all lists that I use.  The goal is 
to support accessibility for all everywhere, naturally.

I  am asking here because it came to mind and I don't know a better forum.

Oh.  Now there are two questions:

  1. What practices using e-mail messages best support accessibility to 
mailing-list conversations?  (or, if that is too broad, what practices 
definitely discourage accessibility).  I would prefer that those who use 
accessibility provision answer for themselves.

  2. If this is not the best place to ask, what is another place that might be 
a good place to find answers to this question.

If there is no "right" answer, I can be with that.  But if there is a 
preference I would prefer to honor it.


  - Dennis E. Hamilton
    tools for document interoperability,<http://nfoWorks.org/>
    [email protected]  gsm: +1-206-779-9430  @orcmid


-----Original Message-----
From: Italo Vignoli [mailto:[email protected]]
<http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/msg07696.html>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 13:20
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Top Posting...

On 10/02/2011 08:38 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
<http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/msg07693.html>

[ ... ]

   2. I have an offer.  What formatting by senders will most powerfully serve 
those on [libreoffice-accessibility]? What do those with access limitations 
confirm to be the best that works for all of them?  Whatever *that* is, I will 
do everything in my power to honor.

I am not an expert about accessibility, but I recall that this is one of
the cases where top posting is the best choice. I suggest to have a
double check, though, as I am not competent in this domain.

[ ... ]



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