Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 15:59:49 -0700
From: "Ronald C. Dailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Browsers
On 2001-06-18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>>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
>Hello Ronald:
>That would seem not to be an unreasonable requirement at all. I
>would support it. It is already illegal for any government agency
>or any business licensed to serve the public to discriminate
>against the disabled. If the disabled can be accomodated without
>the businesses having to incur highly unreasonable extra overhead
>expenses, then by all means it should be mandated that businesses
>go out of their way to provide for access by the disabled.
>BTW, what would you think of a law that would require web-site
>designers to offer a special page for "Non-Java Capable" browsers
>and also a special page for those who do not have other web-gizmos
>such as "flash" and "shockwave" plugins? In these cases the
>computer operator is not disabled, but his computer system is
>incapable.
>Sam Heywood
It will be interesting to see what form the legislation will take if it
ever gets anywhere. As for offering a special page for non-java-capable
browsers, that would be nice, but I don't think they will do it because
in that case the only disability is in the user's wallet and not in his
or her body. I can't use the latest shockwave plugin, which requires
Win9x, so I simply zipped up the shockwave plugin in Netscape. I also
have Java turned off most of the time because it is too darn slow. I
live without it, as I suspect most people with DOS and Win 3.1 do.
Anyone who gets a _new_ computer won't have the problem. They will
have, instead, all the vulnerabilities to various viruses and trojans
that having a Win32 system affords. Good for them.
Ronald Dailey
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