Todd Seal wrote: > The original post for this discussion was *not* about new standards. I > think that's just how you've interpreted the subject line. It was > about old browsers that are still in use and finding out what those > browsers are. > Fair enough. Siobhan wrote: --------------------------
> I was wondering what y'alls thoughts are on what the current browser > compliance standards should be for international audiences. I develop > websites for a variety of non-profits which want to ensure the sites > are accessible by the majority of users in developing countries. I > know that the sites need to be low bandwidth, 508 compliant/highly > usable. ----------------------------- Now, 'what the current browser compliance standards should be for international audiences', in the form of a question, is about what standards... *should* be, which would mean a future standard. If that's not the spirit of the conversation, then maybe I am on the wrong track. But I sincerely don't think so, Todd. > How does a discussion about new browsers help those with old browsers? > If a person could have access to a new browser, then are those really > people across the digital divide? I assumed that the digital divide > refers to people with no or low technology. 'Browser Compliance standard' means *what* *standards* *a* *browser* should comply to. Not a website. I'm leaving this alone now, the points have been made. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxgazette.com http://www.a42.com http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
