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[Andrew Haley]

Aaron Lehmann writes:
 > On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 01:32:11PM -0700, Bruce Korb wrote:
 > > 
 > > I used to agree.  If you do a wget on this page:
 > > 
 > >   http://autogen.sourceforge.net/announce.html
 > > 
 > > At the very bottom, you'll see indecipherable javascript gobbeldygook.
 > > If you do a "view page source" on it, you'll see some HTML mailto
 > > markup that email harversters never look at and if they do they
 > > cannot decipher.  Finally, if you x-copy and x-paste, you'll get
 > > English text.  Something along those lines ought to please everyone.
 > 
 > Except lynx users, the blind, people who don't use X, and people who
 > turn off javascript.
 > 
 > One of the programmers I know is blind and I shudder to think how
 > Netscape/IE-only websites are completely inaccessible to him.

You're right to point this out.  One of the things we can do as Free
Software authors is lead the way in showing how opportunities to work
together are there for everyone, regrdless of disability.

Andrew.