From owner-freebsd-doc Wed May 10 9:36:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from cbl-skelly3.hs.earthlink.net (CBL-skelly3.hs.earthlink.net [209.178.114.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAC8F37B7FF; Wed, 10 May 2000 09:36:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kelly@ad1440.net) Received: from uta003594 (uta003594.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.211.36]) by cbl-skelly3.hs.earthlink.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id JAA05584; Wed, 10 May 2000 09:36:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kelly@ad1440.net) Message-ID: <004501bfba9e$53d154d0$24d39580@jpl.nasa.gov> From: "Sean Kelly" To: , Cc: "Nik Clayton" , References: <20000509143555.A1692@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <200005100942.CAA34333@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000510222004.A18297@phoenix.welearn.com.au> Subject: Re: Including images in the documentation Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 09:39:33 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > how are the disabled people who view these documents going to > be able to decipher teh mess that said document will become > when viewed through a text only interface ? I don't see how these documents will become a "mess." The print versions will have figures in them (I've seen hundreds of textbooks do the same without becoming unruly). The HTML version will be like any other web page, with a bitmap image where figures will appear. And the plain text version won't have any figures at all. And how will people with disabilities read them? Probably the same way they do now: by using online browsers that accomodate disabilities. I'm acquainted with one low-vision and one blind user who surf the web despite it being a highly visual medium. Pictures go so much farther than mere text towards explaining an issue. Imagine if Edward Tufte was told he couldn't publish _The Visual Display of Quantitative Information_ because it'd be a mess for his disabled readers, or that it'd be too difficult to produce. Absurd! > not every one has tommorrows hardware or can afford the > required screen deployment to view teh ever increasing (in > complexity and size) freebsd requirements People have produced and read high quality computer documentation on modest hardware for years. And as for code bloat ... mention it on -hackers ... but be prepared to duck and cover! :-) Take care. --Sean To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message