Re: 55k animation?

Aidan Karley wrote:

> 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.

Funny. *doh* *doh* *doh* *doh* *doh* *doh*
        *doh* *doh* *doh* *doh* *doh* *doh*

>        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.

Of course the "web designer" above tests their page in IE and maybe if 
you are lucky Netscape.

> <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.
>        


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