Hi all, I have to way in here as I am a blind debian user and top posting is easier for us as we can read with are screen readers a ;ott;e and go threw the message to see the context of the whole message if that makes sense
-----Original Message----- From: der.hans [mailto:deb-u...@lufthans.com] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 1:44 AM To: ch...@roaima.co.uk Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Assistance for Visually Impaired Student Am 07. Mar, 2011 schwätzte Chris Davies so: moin moin Chris, This will be an experiment as I usually reply inline :). I believe top-posting, rather than inline replies, is easier for the blind for two reasons. The first is probably mostly tech in that the screen readers don't understand the context of >, >>, etc. Send /etc/motd or the output of uname -a to festival to experience the issue :). The second issue is probably the bigger one. A blind person can't just glance at the previous text and those of us who reply inline tend to depend on that context for our responses to make sense. I agree that just top-posting without any context is generally not helpful to either the sighted or the non-sighted :). By top-posting with appropriate context in the reply we make it easier to just read the new content. ciao, der.hans > ow...@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 > > > -- # http://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes/ # ABLEconf - 2011Apr02 - Free Software for Free Enterprise # "Luckily, this is a comic book, for which no idea is too complex." # -- Larry Gonick from The Cartoon History of the United States -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/00ff01cbdccf$5ce0f9e0$16a2eda0$@centurytel.net
