...because companies don't give a rats ass about accessibility. Now the ADA DOES apply to web sites.
If you provide a service in the States, then you are liable.
Besides, the sort of thing that you are asking for is a very simple thing to implement. For instance Alt tags for images.
I've seen a lot of commercial sites that don't have the alt text.
Talk to a lawyer, I know one who could tell you that this is an open and shut case and Southwest won't win.
On an unrelated note, a lot of theaters STILL don't carry open captioned films even though they are required to by law. I'm getting sick of it enough that I MIGHT sue a theater.
The sort of resource forks OS 9 used are depreciated.
These days it is stored in the data fork. With most apps (that make good use of bundles) you have resources as separate files within the application bundle.
For Carbon apps that don't use bundles, you are supposed to put the resources inside of the data fork.
Well, I should point out that Mac users have the minority mentality which means we have to deal with the majority mindset.
Now in this particular case you had someone who wasn't computer literate (there are lots of PC users like that too) and you come off as condescending. If you are condescending what do you expect the reaction to be?
If you mean worldwide current year sales (not really market share) you get 3%.
If you mean US share of new computers sold in a year it is about 5%.
If you mean actual in use machine, it is about 11% (calculated from sales over the last five years)
It depends on what you are looking at.
Even if you mean the 3% worldwide figure, the Mac market is still very lucrative and profitable. If you don't think so, do you think so many hardware manufactures would make Mac drivers for their products (such as Brother, HP, Epson, Kessington, etc.)?
Tell that to HP, Epson, Brother, Lexmark, Kessington, etc.
The Mac market is a very profitable and lucrative market to be in as Mac users do in fact buy more software/etc. then Windows users. Just because a market is 5% doesn't mean it isn't lucrative.
I mean 32 million users of installed machines (some of those may be a bit old)
Yeah and these companies are idiots because they kill off some of the potential revenue they could make as they hurt the economy and generally make life miserable.
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...because companies don't give a rats ass about accessibility. Now the ADA DOES apply to web sites.
If you provide a service in the States, then you are liable.
Besides, the sort of thing that you are asking for is a very simple thing to implement. For instance Alt tags for images.
I've seen a lot of commercial sites that don't have the alt text.
Talk to a lawyer, I know one who could tell you that this is an open and shut case and Southwest won't win.
On an unrelated note, a lot of theaters STILL don't carry open captioned films even though they are required to by law. I'm getting sick of it enough that I MIGHT sue a theater.
So, history is to be censored?
I don't think so.
Besides, the comment was perfectly valid.
Okay, besides the pointlessness of bothering, you can only get Stuffit Expander now as part of Stuffit Standard Edition.
.sit format as gzip compression is actually better anyway.
.sit files.
You can't get Expander as a separate download.
Aladdin is making up the known trojans claim, there aren't any besides, anything like that would have to be downloaded first to begin with.
Me? I just use gzip unless someone insists on posting something in
There is also a GuI app called OpenUp that is open source but, can't open
Since I don't see a post here about this...
They Dissected Lindows? Oh the humanity!
I guess that about takes care of Lindows future.
Note: This was intended to be funny seeing as the title said "Dissected".
I said one copy for backup purposes I did not say installing it on more machines.
Read Apple license agreement, it allows for one backup copy.
Actually, you can make one copy for personal use and Apple doesn't have a problem with you.
It is the resale factor.
The sort of resource forks OS 9 used are depreciated.
These days it is stored in the data fork. With most apps (that make good use of bundles) you have resources as separate files within the application bundle.
For Carbon apps that don't use bundles, you are supposed to put the resources inside of the data fork.
HFS+ isn't closed. There is plenty of documentation on it.
This might get me modded down here.
Actually, I use both MacSlash and Slashdot and the moderation on both is awful.
On MacSlash I got modded down for replying to a troll (REALLY modded down, like -2), and I consider that mod abuse.
On Slashdot I've been modded down sometimes for really strange reasons.
In essence, on both forums you have to be very careful otherwise you get modded down.
Just look at Adobe's sales figures or other software makers for that matter that sell both Mac and PC version of their software.
That and the software on both paltforms would have to be decent to qualify for a comparision like this.
Adobe will do.
Whatever the reason, that is no way to treat your customers.
Hmmm.
You probably were just unlucky.
I've helped a number of Mac users (and am one myself) and the group you mention seems to be the minority (having to be right).
Most of the people like this however, are generally older people and a bit stubborn.
The following is required in HTML 4.01:
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
Then there is useful stuff:
<meta name="author" content="Elizabeth Lemke">
<meta name="author-email" content="nowhere@nowhere.net">
It is also useful for redirects and header information to the browser.
FWIW, I also use <link> tags in the <head> of HTML files for referring to important parts of the site and my e-mail.
Well, I should point out that Mac users have the minority mentality which means we have to deal with the majority mindset.
Now in this particular case you had someone who wasn't computer literate (there are lots of PC users like that too) and you come off as condescending. If you are condescending what do you expect the reaction to be?
Where do you get 1-3%?
If you mean worldwide current year sales (not really market share) you get 3%.
If you mean US share of new computers sold in a year it is about 5%.
If you mean actual in use machine, it is about 11% (calculated from sales over the last five years)
It depends on what you are looking at.
Even if you mean the 3% worldwide figure, the Mac market is still very lucrative and profitable. If you don't think so, do you think so many hardware manufactures would make Mac drivers for their products (such as Brother, HP, Epson, Kessington, etc.)?
Tell that to HP, Epson, Brother, Lexmark, Kessington, etc.
The Mac market is a very profitable and lucrative market to be in as Mac users do in fact buy more software/etc. then Windows users. Just because a market is 5% doesn't mean it isn't lucrative.
I mean 32 million users of installed machines (some of those may be a bit old)
Actually CompUSA in the past WAS run by idiots. They would actually steer people away from the Mac section.
I'm not making that up.
And people wonder why Mac users love the Apple Store (rolls eyes).
So, you guys know.
CIOs in the Federal government tend to be political appointments with absolutely no background in IT at all (with a few exceptions)
So, this should be no surprise.
In other words most Fed CIOs are not qualified for the job they are in.
Sorry, no go.
iCab supports quite a bit of CSS1 but, its implementation isn't finished.
iCab is a Preview, think of it as a public beta.
I've done testing with iCab and it does support some CSS (just not all of it yet)
Say, "Sweatshops".
That isn't ethical and in fact might even be illegal.
:snort:
That isn't FUD since Apple doesn't even comment on unreleased products.
That is all I'm going to say.
True but, having thousands of workers oversees?
We aren't talking about small numbers here.
Also, there are legal and ethical reasons not to do this sort of thing in the first place.
My point was that this sort of thing adds up.
BTW, and open economy does not mean they send most of the jobs to other countries, it means trade flows freely.
Yeah and these companies are idiots because they kill off some of the potential revenue they could make as they hurt the economy and generally make life miserable.
In other words they shoot themselves in the foot.
FUD?
What FUD?
(I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don't mean "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt".)
Apple ain't gonna switch to 802.11a. Instead, they will bypass it entirely and use 802.11g when it is available.