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

Hiya Jonathan,

Simon,

I was rather hoping that you, Steve and a few others, might go ahh and  
tell me.
seriously if no one else does I shall be obliged to, but it would be  
great to get some input first.

it's my belief that you will be more open to perceiving the ultimate  
purpose than I am if you are untainted by my preconceptions.
if that makes any sense.

ie why would anyone want do this?

rather than: this is why I did this, what do you think?

cheers

Jonathan Chetwynd

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

+44 (0) 20 7978 1764

On 29 Apr 2008, at 13:16, Simon Judge wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [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?
> 	
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> 	Steve Lee
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