Re: Block Quote, on or off

From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:20:09 -0700
I understand, and I'm aware that if you save a page as a text file, those 
things wind up copied and editable.  It's sort of amusing.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "thunderwinds" <thunderwinds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: Block Quote, on or off


actualy it isn't visible on the web pages, but when you copy and paste it it
is bisible along with the text that was copied
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Block Quote, on or off


> Bill,
>
> So you have some useful central vision and can see stuff like this?
That's
> bound to create some ludicrous realizations, such as what you're
describing
> below.  I assumed that this, like some other things we hear Jaws tell us
> ("this page link/skip to body of page," for instance) is coded into the
page
> but not visible.  But this block quote stuff actually appears on the page
> visually?  How weird!
>
> But one question, which is, just how is it you think that the block quote
> announcement "helps some people?"  this is what I was inquiring when I
asked
> if anyone knew what the original purpose of the feature had been.  Sorry
if
> I wasn't writing clearly.  I wonder, what people, under what
circumstances,
> is it meant to help?
>
> thank you,
> Daniel
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Powers" <powersradio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: Block Quote, on or off
>
>
> I think that the block-quotes feature can be helpful for some people which
> is why I'm glad this is an optional adjustment. But what I hate is that
for
> some reason unbeknownst to me, someone will send me an e-mail that might
> have text copied from a website and right there in black-and-white I see
the
> words printed "block quote" at the beginning of the text, or it might say
> "block quote, six columns" or some other state, which might take up two or
> three lines on its own, and it's annoying to see that especially right in
> the middle of the text. Why this is even PRINTED in the document instea of
> just spoken by JAWS is a real mystery to me. I can understand JAWS
speaking
> it since it's something that's recognized on the screen, but WHY it's
> actually printed as if I'm reading JAWS speech output on screen, is
> something that I don't have an answer for. Any takers?
>
> Bill Powers
>
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Re: Block Quote, on or off

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