Re: LYNX-DEV don't give a damn?

[Doug Lawson]

> 
>       "I will return to including a listing of direct hyper-links on
> my pages, but you folks using Lynx have got to understand that there
> is a very, very large group of authors out there that don't give a
> damn if you can't view their pages."
> 
> What do you think of that? A private look into what really goes on
> in their minds? I think this is a netiquette issue. We don't accept
> the position that "you people on mailing lists have just got to
> understand that there are advertisers who don't give a damn about
> your lists and your netiquette".

That's not spamming; the writer's opinions are short-sighted and stupid,
but it doesn't qualify as abuse of the mail system IMHO. ( Also, the
opinion you quoted has the writer referring to web pages, not mailing
lists, and to authors, not adveritsers. )

Obviously (perhaps it's not so obvious) we want web pages to be accessible
to Lynx, etc., etc., etc., but the way to do that is to draw these people
out into the open and to exercise the moral authority we have (lynx is the
premiere browser for sites offering free internet access, and for for
blind and visually-impaired people).  

I fully expect many web authors to say that "there are lots of people who
don't give a damn", and I wouldn't want to drive them out of a discussion
because they say that.  If they feel enough pressure to make their web
pages lynx-enabled then they can say whatever they like. 


Doug
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