Re: know its ipad

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On 19/07/2011 5:41 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> Andrew Poulos wrote:
>
>> RobG wrote:
>>> In any case, the fact that people make different versions of a site
>>> does not, of itself, make it a good idea. And where different versions
>>> are indicated (or at least, different UIs) to meet user requirements,
>>> it does not seem appropriate to force a particular version of a site
>>> onto a user because of the device they happen to be using, even if you
>>> can determine that reliably.
>>
>> I've worked at companies where they've tried to retrofit assistive
>> elements to a web site to make it "fully" accessible. The work was many
>> times what it took to build the non-accessible site and placed a
>> cognitive load on the users that relied on assistive technologies so
>> large that the site was basically unusable for them.
>>
>> In my opinion a smarter thing to do would've been to have designed a new
>> web site with the user that requires assistive technologies as the
>> primary user.
>
> ACK
>
>> Yes, it would've meant maintaining the "same" content in two different
>> places but *all* users would've had a web site that best suited them.
>>
>> Moving the logic on, this would mean a desktop version, an accessible
>> desktop version, a mobile version, and an accessible mobile version.
>> Four versions of the same web site!
>
> No.  I'm afraid you do not really know what you are talking about, but Web
> authoring is off-topic here anyway.

Its alright, don't be afraid.

Andrew Poulos

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know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-12 14:35 +1000
  Re: know its ipad "Richard Cornford" <Richard@litotes.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-12 09:04 +0100
    Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-12 21:19 +1000
      Re: know its ipad 123Jim <jnkjnjnini@uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> - 2011-07-12 13:09 +0100
        Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-13 07:35 +1000
          Re: know its ipad 123Jim <jnkjnjnini@uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> - 2011-07-13 01:00 +0100
            Re: know its ipad 123Jim <jnkjnjnini@uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> - 2011-07-13 01:14 +0100
            Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-13 15:57 +1000
              Re: know its ipad RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-07-12 23:29 -0700
                Re: know its ipad RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-07-12 23:31 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-13 17:25 +1000
                Re: know its ipad Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-13 12:53 +0200
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-13 04:20 -0700
                Re: know its ipad RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-07-13 04:34 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-13 04:58 -0700
                Re: know its ipad 123Jim <jnkjnjnini@uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> - 2011-07-13 13:50 +0100
                Re: know its ipad dhtml <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com> - 2011-07-13 11:02 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-13 11:59 -0700
                Re: know its ipad 123Jim <jnkjnjnini@uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> - 2011-07-13 21:32 +0100
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-13 14:28 -0700
                Re: know its ipad 123Jim <jnkjnjnini@uhnuhnunuhnuy.invalid> - 2011-07-13 23:46 +0100
                Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-14 10:01 +1000
                Re: know its ipad RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-07-13 16:51 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-14 02:04 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-14 15:11 -0700
                Re: know its ipad RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-07-14 21:54 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Yoda <jorgechamorro@mac.com> - 2011-07-15 03:14 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-07-15 13:06 +0100
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-15 08:14 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-07-15 20:00 +0100
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-15 12:12 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-07-16 01:14 +0100
                Re: know its ipad Jorge <jorge%jorgechamorro.com@gtempaccount.com> - 2011-07-16 08:56 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-07-16 23:07 +0100
                Re: know its ipad RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-07-17 16:40 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-18 11:33 +1000
                Re: know its ipad RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-07-17 19:54 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-18 02:19 -0700
                Re: know its ipad Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-07-18 21:41 +0200
                Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-19 07:13 +1000
                Re: know its ipad Dr J R Stockton <reply1129@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-19 20:18 +0100
                Re: know its ipad Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2011-07-17 10:34 +0200
                Re: know its ipad dhtml <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 09:56 -0700
              Re: know its ipad Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2011-07-13 11:57 +0200
              Re: know its ipad Ry Nohryb <jorge@jorgechamorro.com> - 2011-07-13 04:13 -0700
        Re: know its ipad Dr J R Stockton <reply1128@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-13 18:19 +0100
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      Re: know its ipad Richard Cornford <Richard@litotes.demon.co.uk> - 2011-07-13 08:05 -0700
        Re: know its ipad Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-14 08:34 +1000
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