Hfere Here! ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Pearson To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:46 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity Well, here's my take on it! I don't use winks and smiles, or grins are about all I do use. The thing is, I don't remember the signs for them and so just write out the words within < and > signs to make them perfectly readable. I'm not on lists where there are more sighted people than blind, so why should I care! <Smiles> Hope that clarifies things a little for you! -- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---- Original Message---- From: Amro Bilal To: Access-UK Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 9:24 PM Subject: [access-uk] An observation and a curiosity > Hi all, > > This might be OT, not really sure but here goes. > > I noticed on this list that people don't use smileys and winks such > as :) ;) etc. People rather write smile, wink and what have you. I've > never come across this practise on any other emailing list or > internet forum. It struck me that even literate computer users on > this list do that. So I wander, is there a reason for this practise? > Do Braille users find wink signs confusing for instance? Excuse my > ignorance, but I rely on my screen reader's speech output and I've > never had any problems with reading winks. I started doing what > everyone else does on this list and the Jaws list but never asked > why! > > If there's a good reason behind this I'd be glad to learn it. If > there isn't, then IMHO this is a bad habit. What applies to other > internet forums I believe should apply here too unless there's a > justification for doing otherwise. Am I being pedantic? Would love to > here other people opinions! > > Cheers, > Amro