Re: 55k animation?

In article <OocEd.1350$7b.121@trndny02>, Stilist wrote:
> Actually, you just need to wrap the ASCII in a <pre> or <code> tag, and 
> it should automatically put it into a monospace font.
>
       Welll ...
       "<pre>" and "<code>" are meta-tags, intended to indicate the type 
of content surrounded by the tags. How they are rendered is *entirely* up 
to the user agent. For example, instead of being rendered in a monospaced 
font on screen, they could perfectly well be rendered in a synthesised 
voice reminiscent of the "HAL" computer in 2001. Or they could be rendered 
by double-striking the pins of the display.
       Oh, you were talking about *VISUAL* display. In graphical user 
interfaces where there are a variety of fonts and character spacings 
available? With or without colour?
       
       The specifications of how HTML *should* (important word that!) be 
rendered are drawn up *much* more widely than the narrow world of the 
WIMPs interface that you seem to be referring to. Which is a mistake that 
many web designers repeat dozens of times per hour.
       
       A useful test for all issues like this is : "how would the HTML 
code I am generating appear on a typewriter terminal?" No variations of 
character weight, spacing or font; and possibly no underlining or colour 
changes either. That'll give you a good handle into thinking how it would 
look in a Braille display too. And by then you'll be differentiating 
between the content that you're putting forward and the display of that 
content, which are (generally) two completely separate things.
       
<QUOTE>"The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone 
regardless of disability is an essential aspect."
-- Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web
</QUOTE>
       Note the use of the "<QUOTE>" tag above in non-HTML text to 
indicate the nature of the content without any impact on it's presentation 
(unless you're reading with a highly non-standards-compliant user agent). 
       
<QUOTE>People with disabilities, whether temporary -- such as a slow 
connection or eyes "disabled" by having to watch traffic -- or permanent 
-- such as hearing, visual, physical or cognitive impairment -- use a wide 
range of alternative approaches, different from traditional 
mouse-and-screen-based browsers.
</QUOTE>
       From http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing.
       
-- 
Aidan Karley,
Geologist,
"You are in a maze of twisty little presentation styles, all [different | 
alike]."

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