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"LISTSERV list owners' forum" <[log in to unmask]> wrote on
07/07/2005 02:11:33 PM:
> My philosophy has always been to make certain messages are as
> "disability friendly" as possible. Using html with backgrounds, colored
> fonts, pictures, etc., prove to be very difficult for people who use
> specialized email applications (screen readers, braille, etc.).
> Additionally, unless it is intended only for your corporate or .edu
> LAN, many people are still on dial-up and don't appreciate the extra
> time it takes to download html laden messages.
Or consider the person lucky (or cursed) enough to have to read them on a
wireless PDA such as a Palm Treo or Blackberry. How about people using
WebTV or one of those mailstations?
And does pine count as a "specialized email application"? I know someone
that still uses pine to read all his mail... Hasn't been bitten by an
email virus yet!
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