Re: Assistance for Visually Impaired Student

[Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr>]

Dne, 07. 03. 2011 07:55:33 je Chris Davies napisal(a):
> owens@netptc.net wrote:
> > P.S.  I am top-posting to emphasize my appreciation.
>
> You also wrote in another article that it's (apparently) easier for
> visually impaired readers for people to top-post. Please excuse my
> curiosity, but why wouldn't the inclusion of some context to show the
> points being discussed be unhelpful for those who are visually  
> impaired?
>
> I can understand that the inclusion of an entire message simply to add
> two or three lines of comment at the bottom is unhelpful. It's  
> unhelpful
> to visual readers, too, and misses the point of top or bottom posting
> entirely.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris

Ever tried waiting for a screen reader to read out twenty lines of  
quoted text before getting to the one line you're interested in?

Now imagine having to do that every day, for every single message in  
your inbox. At the end of the day, I'd just calmly take a hammer and  
smash the damn thing to pieces... ;)

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