[oats-sig] announce: http://www.openicon.org

Hiya Jonathan,

Congrats on launching this.  I'm with Steve: I think I get what the purpose
is, but a plain english explanation would be very beneficial... (-;

Cheers.

Simon

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[mailto:oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chetwynd
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:03 PM
To: OATs Project Special Interest Group
Subject: Re: [oats-sig] announce: http://www.openicon.org

Steve,

please try and get a handle without my assistance.
your contribution will be the more valuable? I think...

this is a pretty complex issue.
perhaps I should write up a more formal explanation.
Please read the few files online already.

searching using graphics is very expensive on resources.
see http://www.openclipart.org after many years still no indication even png
of what one is downloading...

html forms would not help at all, if you read the bug I pointed you to, it
explains what is missing.
reading the requirements link will also help.

there is a very good semantic reason for not linking to any old svg file.
eg how do I find more of the same, what group is this a member of etc...
just one example:
each person with a LD can upload their own vocabulary, which is then
available to others.

trying the whole thing out, and registering an svgz file , would be a bonus!

best wishes and thanks again...

my logo <http://www.openicon.org> 

Jonathan Chetwynd

j.chetwynd at btinternet.com
http://www.openicon.org/

+44 (0) 20 7978 1764

On 29 Apr 2008, at 12:41, Steve Lee wrote:

	On 29/04/2008, Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com> wrote:

		reading the instructions further down the page...

		"amaya, batik or opera, recent builds only: other browsers
may lack required

		features."

	But this is only a box to enter some text to search for so while
we're
	waiting for SVG support to catch up in browsers and ATs why not use
a
	plain, simple, and well supported HTML form?

	Or am I missing something here?

	-- 
	Steve Lee
	--
	Open Source Assistive Technology Software
	web: fullmeasure.co.uk
	blog: eduspaces.net/stevelee/weblog

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