That's my complaint about the web too is that there are too many damn
advertisements.  Its a pain for a screen reader as well, and I can't
imagine how bad it would be for braille displays.  What kind of ads are up
there?  Are they ham radio related, or is it just a bunch of crap that
isn't related to ham radio?





On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Terri Pannett wrote:

> Hi, Rick and List,
>
> I would think the guy would realize that sighted hams don't want
> repetition, either.  I think he just wants to advertise.
>
> I think using a braille display makes a difference.  It's easier to locate
> the last ad and go past it, hi.
>
> If sighted hams complained, the guy would listen.  At least he doesn't
> have any Javascript buttons!
>
> Terri, Amateur Radio call sign, KF6CA.  Army MARS call sign, AAT9PX.
>
> On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Rick Lewis wrote:
>
> |Henry,
> |That was a well-worded letter to qrz, and similar to one which got a
> |positive response a couple of years ago.
> |While the site owner was nice enough about it, I suspect he felt that lynx
> |users were standing in the way of his site's progress.
> |The thing with repetition on web pages is that if you find the last item
> |commonly repeated, you can usually search for that item and be where the
> |new text is.
> |I haven't been to qrz since the changes, though, so don't know if it
> |applies here.
> |--Rick
> |
>