Re: Formatting Objects considered harmful

Stephen Deach wrote:

 >   If I aurally walk an XSL FO tree (ignoring the preliminary layout
 > definition stuff), I get a completely understandable result. So, I need to
 > ask, what problem are you trying to infer.

Are you suggeting that visual formatting objects improve non-visual
access to the Web? Infering aural renderings from a visual ones has
been tried in the form of "screen readers". This is a dead end and
structured markup has promised better solutions for years.

-h&kon

Håkon Wium Lie             http://www.operasoftware.com/people/howcome
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