From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by lists01.pubmisc.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p2ICakNm014433 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:36:46 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (ext-mx13.extmail.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.110.18]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p2ICafxQ013972 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:36:41 -0400 Received: from homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdccah.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.207]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2ICaaBg022825 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:36:37 -0400 Received: from homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7599E250074 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:36:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=the-brannons.com; h=from:to :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version: content-type; q=dns; s=the-brannons.com; b=uZB1iAx4ByySfTaCkgP4y 03seYTOhkGqISkspOCXz6kr5fLD8xCqT1VLqMCq7oWIBbHCtEgotmpsgpz8RqtqK ak7eGuY/O4GD280+JdmSCvGpeLMF944mAvpBR5YnUaPnf3Z/WxpO/wxvb1jYJb9r 3jpWsBPtnHSzoJyPdKloAw= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=the-brannons.com; h=from :to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version: content-type; s=the-brannons.com; bh=j80+4c/KPjPNWa0R/b3gQ5H63eo =; b=ryok6X5FTT7x6P7BiKK2UEIKidsIYgC6TSes6jxorzTWPlzrlaxc0LcIK8B jUz+9ti+sFbYcxkyD4iI+ksOjR45wXrhCNQut83NdaFEkz1jmI3E4R0zGGKebnVH 7CwlVKZ2wT6IViptd3ieVX57/yj3EiICmw3IOJ/zIksegWZI= Received: from localhost (ip68-12-125-253.ok.ok.cox.net [68.12.125.253]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: chris@the-brannons.com) by homiemail-a18.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 405DD250071 for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:36:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Brannon To: Linux for blind general discussion Subject: Re: The 4-line limit to E-mail Signature Blocks and Accessibility References: <201103181041.16817.shlomif@iglu.org.il> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:36:35 +0000 In-Reply-To: <201103181041.16817.shlomif@iglu.org.il> (Shlomi Fish's message of "Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:41:16 +0200") Message-ID: <877hbwmwq4.fsf@the-brannons.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-RedHat-Spam-Score: -0.11 (DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 10.5.11.12 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.110.18 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:36:46 -0000 Shlomi Fish writes: > I've been thinking that maybe such two-column and ASCII-art-bases signature is > not very accessible to people using screen-readers and/or Braille-devices I took about 30 seconds to completely digest it. I use speech. Not bad, really. The sig at the end of your message is perfectly readable, though. Signatures have never bothered me, either way. If I'm going to complain about email practices, I'd rather complain about overquoting. I've seen people reply to messages, where the reply contains two lines of text, with the entire thread quoted at the bottom. Seriously, some replies have included 5 or 10 quoted messages. It seems to have been popularized by Microsoft Outhouse, so I've taken to calling it "outhouse-quoting". That's not fair, though, because I've seen it done in mutt and other email clients. It's a combination of top-posting and a failure to edit the quoted text. -- Chris -- Website: http://the-brannons.com