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In <weigle-ya023180002001972352440001@news.algonet.se> weigle@snip-to-mail.algonet.se (Thomas Weigle) writes:

The multitude of excuses for bad web design never ceases to amaze me,
it's like a flooding river of drivel that never stops.

>>   Where did I put that law-book ? Nah; why bother. I believe in
>> Darwinism.

>... which means adapting to the environment. Which means, in terms of the
>WWW anno 1997, to listen to the market. Which means to produce very
>graphical sites with Java and Shockwave, and preferably an embedded QT
>sound file or two.

Oh? Every site needs Java and Shockwave and a few QuickTime sound files?

Heh, screwdriver and nails come to my mind.

>If the market happens to change, so that we're back at grey backgrounds two
>years from now, guess where I'll be.

And once again, the multimedia humbug red-herring "grey background text only"
as an only alternative for your "lookie-here-mom, Java-without-hands".

>What do you think? That they and Microsoft will both lose their market
>shares?

What the **** are you talking about? Explain what relevance one or even
two browsers have on a _World Wide_ Web?

> That Lynx will be the new #1 browser a few years from now? Won't happen.

Might not be lynx, but it sure as hell might be a text browser used by
the Chinese...you know, the country with 1/4th of the population in the
world. Yes, development countries are BOUND to hit the web some day and
believe me, they will NOT have multimedia terminals at their homes. If
your site ignores them (provided it is of interest to a world wide audience),
you will lose and you will lose BIG!

Then again why would a web company based in Scandinavia (which is known
for being in the forefront of Internet connectivity) care for accessibility
beyond the Big Two? Nokia 9000 Communicator (and other similar systems...
INCREASINGLY popular in Scandinavia)...of course it's a Finnish product,
so why would a Swede care about it.

> Netscape Communicator/Home Assistant v8.0 will cook your food for
>you and Microsoft World Explorer99 will take you on a return trip to
>Saturn.

The day software run on MS-Windows will run my house is the day I will
relocate myself to a place with no electricity, no computers and no
MS-Windows.

				-TPP