Fonts have not solved this problem, and the problem has actually gotten worse now that one-space-at-the-end-of-sentences has become the status quo.
We were told twenty (thirty?) years ago that computer typography would solve this problem, but that has not happened, even though the teaching and convention has changed. Fonts just add extra space after all periods, including inline abbreviations like Mr. Sure, higher-end desktop publishing knows the difference in-line periods and end-of-sentence-periods, but that has become less of what we read, and word processing and web browsers never did pick up on the difference. So it was up to us grognards to manual add the extra space.
Shame on this study for using a fixed width font for testing. The improved readability of large blocks of text with a little bit of extra spacing between sentences is quite obvious. You fools advocating for single-space-after-end-of-sentence-periods should experiment for yourselves (with a print page using proportionally spaced text). We have been sold a bill of goods.
Sorry, follows is a better and older link (January 2006) and what little relevant text there is:
two new Intel Macs with huge plasma displays, but with keyboards and mice as options -- literally big-screen TVs that just happen to be computers, too.
So, would you equate the blind expecting access to an email client as unreasonable as blind access to driving or flying? The requirements for web accessible are straightforward. Google should up their game.
Apple is about to do for living room game consoles what they did for MP3 players, smart phones, and tablet computers. I cannot wait!
Apple is not a gamer company... Gamers want to be able to tweak their hardware and Apple is not likely to allow this... [Apple] won't be willing or able to provide high end gaming gear to the hardcore gaming crowd.
Agreed, but your are talking about a tiny slice of the potential market.
Apple hardware scores badly in the cost vs performance tradeoff.
Not for the bulk of consumers, not when usability is a factor in measuring performance (and value).
Apple won't be able to compete with the Wii on the low end.
Not at all! the AppleTV retails for less than the Wii!
Sony and MS's current offerings are actually unbelievably similar Nintendo looks increasingly like a successful toy manufacturer
Excellent observations! MS and Sony do not grok family entertainment, they only seem to care about teenage males. The Wii is cute, but I am too much of snob to buy new tech that only supports 480p.
Apple is about to do for living room game consoles what they did for MP3 players, smart phones, and tablet computers. I cannot wait!
Where are the Mac games? Where are the Mac game developers?
Have you not noticed the most popular use of the iPod Touch and iPad?
Apple is about to do for living room game consoles what they did for MP3 players, smart phones, and tablet computers. I cannot wait!
It is offensive for you to characterize my civil rights as "political propaganda". I do not expect to change your mind, but please think about the fact that the same arguments were made about slavery and suffrage.
Sorry, but the Americans with Disabilities Act is clearly civil rights legislation. I agree that it is not as fundamental as slavery or voting, but it is a difference of scale, not kind. People's right to discriminate is limited, especially if they are business owners. Frankly, your example of being offended is exactly why this kind of legislation is needed.
So discriminating against a minority is okay if the minority is small enough? I guess I am less libertarian than you, but I think this is exactly the sort of thing I want and expect from government. Your freedom of expression ends at my civil rights. I agree that individuals have the free speech right to post uncaptioned videos and images with alt tags. I respectfully disagree that first-world business owners should have this same freedom.
That's two different groups, with vastly different demographics. Yes, there are a minor few who try to exploit ADA for ill gain. It is legitimate to be upset by such abuse. Then you have the vast majority of people who are blind that routinely have trouble navigating the web, even though they have the right software and the best practices techniques for accessible web development are pretty straightforward and reasonable. It is this second large group that are finally getting some attention, after this question was raised and answered (to the affirmative) almost fifteen years ago.
That must have been from local jurisdiction requirements. The Federal ADA requirements are actually pretty flexible when it comes to small businesses. Not that makes your acquaintances feel any better.
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Fonts have not solved this problem, and the problem has actually gotten worse now that one-space-at-the-end-of-sentences has become the status quo.
We were told twenty (thirty?) years ago that computer typography would solve this problem, but that has not happened, even though the teaching and convention has changed. Fonts just add extra space after all periods, including inline abbreviations like Mr. Sure, higher-end desktop publishing knows the difference in-line periods and end-of-sentence-periods, but that has become less of what we read, and word processing and web browsers never did pick up on the difference. So it was up to us grognards to manual add the extra space.
Shame on this study for using a fixed width font for testing. The improved readability of large blocks of text with a little bit of extra spacing between sentences is quite obvious. You fools advocating for single-space-after-end-of-sentence-periods should experiment for yourselves (with a print page using proportionally spaced text). We have been sold a bill of goods.
Cingely has been writing about this all year. He cites Jim Gettys too. See: http://www.cringely.com/tag/bufferbloat/
Cringely explains why on his blog: Seeking a final resolution
Also, he talks about technical bits about the digitization.
This was a segment today on NPR: http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201108121
This is from four years ago! Apple releases iTV, a bunch of flat-panel MacTV's that contain Mac Minis, etc. Cringely has since, several times, insisted he means a real actual television, and not Apple TV (which he admits he did not predict).
So, would you equate the blind expecting access to an email client as unreasonable as blind access to driving or flying? The requirements for web accessible are straightforward. Google should up their game.
I am sure they might be requiring such a thing, but neither 508 nor WCAG 2.0 forbid JavaScript.
Agreed, but your are talking about a tiny slice of the potential market.
Not for the bulk of consumers, not when usability is a factor in measuring performance (and value).
Not at all! the AppleTV retails for less than the Wii!
Excellent observations! MS and Sony do not grok family entertainment, they only seem to care about teenage males. The Wii is cute, but I am too much of snob to buy new tech that only supports 480p. Apple is about to do for living room game consoles what they did for MP3 players, smart phones, and tablet computers. I cannot wait!
Have you not noticed the most popular use of the iPod Touch and iPad? Apple is about to do for living room game consoles what they did for MP3 players, smart phones, and tablet computers. I cannot wait!
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From TFA:
As announced in the Federal Register, this is actually a proposed rule which is open for public comments.
Here is the DOJ page about the hearings and the official notice in the Federal Register.
We already talked about this. The Chicago session mentioned in the summary already happened. I tried to tell you about it.
The Librarian of Congress has announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention
I was going to mention this, so thanks for beating me to it!
It is offensive for you to characterize my civil rights as "political propaganda". I do not expect to change your mind, but please think about the fact that the same arguments were made about slavery and suffrage.
Sorry, but the Americans with Disabilities Act is clearly civil rights legislation. I agree that it is not as fundamental as slavery or voting, but it is a difference of scale, not kind. People's right to discriminate is limited, especially if they are business owners. Frankly, your example of being offended is exactly why this kind of legislation is needed.
So discriminating against a minority is okay if the minority is small enough? I guess I am less libertarian than you, but I think this is exactly the sort of thing I want and expect from government. Your freedom of expression ends at my civil rights. I agree that individuals have the free speech right to post uncaptioned videos and images with alt tags. I respectfully disagree that first-world business owners should have this same freedom.
That's two different groups, with vastly different demographics. Yes, there are a minor few who try to exploit ADA for ill gain. It is legitimate to be upset by such abuse. Then you have the vast majority of people who are blind that routinely have trouble navigating the web, even though they have the right software and the best practices techniques for accessible web development are pretty straightforward and reasonable. It is this second large group that are finally getting some attention, after this question was raised and answered (to the affirmative) almost fifteen years ago.
That must have been from local jurisdiction requirements. The Federal ADA requirements are actually pretty flexible when it comes to small businesses. Not that makes your acquaintances feel any better.
I think that's it. Companies might want to do the right thing, but unless everyone has to do it, the short term cost savings view wins the day.
That's fine if it is truly by choice. But would you like to go back to a system where, for example, black could only work for blacks?