I realize that the sighted can ignore quite a lot -- look at the number
of auto accidents -- but I still say that, logically-speaking, at least,
there is no need for the same links to be shown on *every* page,
especially when one can get back to the previous link by simply hitting
left-arrow! In other words, are we dealing with the prejudice against
left-handedness or what? (grin)

Mike < K 7 U I J >

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Lewis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: sorry to be a pain in the ...


> Mike,
> Web pages don't look the same to us as they do to the sighted.
> Where the list of of links can appear virtually as background to them,
> our software has to traverse through those lists.
> JFW has a function to skip repeated text, and aybe Window-Eyes does,
too,
> but I really haven't always found it to work.
> Regardless, we see repetition as the main event, they see it as
background
> unless they intend to deal with it.
> But one of the Net's main problems is that most people don't visit
sites
> to view advertising links, to Net advertising hasn't been as
successful as
> the business community had hoped.
> Since somebody has to pay the freight, I expect more efforts to
interrupt
> Web surfing with more obtrusive messages which can't be ignored.
> Believe me, sighted folks complain about cumbersome web sites, too.
> Last night, a work colleague bent my ear for ten minutes about the
L.A.
> Times website's clutter.
> In general, I suspect that people, universally, aren't happy with ads
on
> the Net.
> But ads are everywhere, even in places where us blind folks wouldn't
> suspect.
> Buy a candy bar, and you might find a Disney movie ad on the
packaging.
> We just have to deal with it.
> --Rick
>