Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 07:37:59 -0700
From: "Ronald C. Dailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Browsers
On 2001-06-18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> I read somewhere recently that pending US legislation will make it
>> mandatory for all US based website pages to be available in "high
>> contrast" format for increased user accessibility. I'm not sure
>>what such a page is technically - anyone know?
>Hello John:
>I have not heard of any such pending US legislation. Such a law, if
>enacted, would probably be nullified by the courts on the grounds
>that it would inhibit freedom of speech. Civil libertarians would
>argue that our 1st Ammendment rights give everyone the right to
>express any kind of crazy opinion, and that artists have the right
I doubt that the law would require that the web sites have _only_ "high
contrast" format. Rather, I suspect the law would require that website
pages be offered in both standard and an _alternate_ "high contrast"
format, similar to the way that some sites offer both graphic and text
formats even now. It's not a bad idea and wouldn't affect freedom of
expression, though it would increase the work for web designers since
they'd have to provide _both_ formats.
Ronald Dailey
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RCD
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