On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Bernie wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> > My philosophy for webpages is universal accessibility.
>
> But then you shouldn't:
>
> 1. Use an image at all (which severly limits you I know)
I check all my pages with Lynx. Some pages, like those at
http://stackman.www6.50megs.com , have a primary purpose of showing
photos. Obviously, if the purpose of a page is to show photos,
then you need a graphical browser.
> 2. Use a format that not all browsers can handle (although more can handle
> PNG not all can). I suggest one should stick with GIF (87) and JPEG if they
> want so many as possible to be able to view the image(s).
Then you have to decide proprietary/licensed graphics format
vs. free/open graphics format. I choose open. True, at this
moment in time, more browsers support the proprietary gif formats
than support png, but png is philosophically more acceptable to
me because anyone at all may create a png graphic, while gifs are
only legally able to be created by license.
- Steve
