Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] [DISCUSS] Maximizing e-mail/list accessibility

Avoiding HTML is also a plus for blind users: From what I know, 
some/many often prefer text base mail clients over GUI clients.

I _guess_ that for blind people top-posting is much better than 
bottom-posting, because finding the new text with a screen reader is 
much harder than for a sighted user.

For the same reason, the suggestion to cleanup not needed stuff is 
really reasonable.

Malte.

On 03.10.2011 22:37, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> I have a question.  I don't know the answer.
>
> In a discussion of mailing-list etiquette, there was a link to an useful web page by Italo 
> Vignoli:<http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette>.
>
> I favor that perspective, and I also made a promise (below) to use whatever approach that worked 
> best for recipients who employ accessibility assistance in some form.
>
> I am thinking of this list, but I mean for all lists that I use.  The goal is to support 
> accessibility for all everywhere, naturally.
>
> I  am asking here because it came to mind and I don't know a better forum.
>
> Oh.  Now there are two questions:
>
>   1. What practices using e-mail messages best support accessibility to mailing-list conversations? 
>  (or, if that is too broad, what practices definitely discourage accessibility).  I would prefer 
> that those who use accessibility provision answer for themselves.
>
>   2. If this is not the best place to ask, what is another place that might be a good place to find 
> answers to this question.
>
> If there is no "right" answer, I can be with that.  But if there is a preference I would prefer to 
> honor it.
>
>
>   - Dennis E. Hamilton
>     tools for document interoperability,<http://nfoWorks.org/>
>     dennis.hamilton@acm.org  gsm: +1-206-779-9430  @orcmid
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Italo Vignoli [mailto:italo.vignoli@gmail.com]
> <http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/msg07696.html>
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 13:20
> To: discuss@documentfoundation.org
> Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Top Posting...
>
> On 10/02/2011 08:38 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
> <http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/msg07693.html>
>
> [ ... ]
>
> >    2. I have an offer.  What formatting by senders will most powerfully serve those on 
> > [libreoffice-accessibility]? What do those with access limitations confirm to be the best that 
> > works for all of them?  Whatever *that* is, I will do everything in my power to honor.
>
> I am not an expert about accessibility, but I recall that this is one of
> the cases where top posting is the best choice. I suggest to have a
> double check, though, as I am not competent in this domain.
>
> [ ... ]

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