[access-uk] Re: An observation and a curiosity
- From: "Mark Threadgold" <m.j.threadgold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:38:00 -0000
This goes back to the writing of html where the tag for starting a line of
code is enclosed in the two signs such as <grin>.
The end of the portion of code is represented by the same word in the
characters but with a slash preceding it such as </grin>.
Over time folks have simply stopped putting in the <> signs round the tag.
Incidently, I don't hear any smilies when written with ;) or similar as i
have the amount of punctuation and verbosity set very low to speed up the
speech output. This does get confusing when someone asks a question about
them, for instance!!
hth,
Mark Threadgold
Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind...
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Amro Bilal
Sent: 11 November 2008 21:25
To: Access-UK
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
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