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From: GF Mueden
Date: Jan 30, 2013 10:34AM

All good, Bevi, but too late. I am 95 and losing the ability to reach
out that far. I fell yesterday with damage taking me to the ER until
5am, and they will probably want to imobilize my right wrist. I am
mousing lefty.

Thats life. ===gm==

On 1/30/2013 12:17 PM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote:
> GM wrote, "I can't fight evidence and must back off on those points.
> My need remains. Have you a solution to offer?"
>
> Hi GM,
> >From what you wrote before, "I am not for outlawing graphics, but please
> give me the choice.
> The ability to "X out" graphics would be appreciated," I replied:
>
> You're right, that's a solution for you.
>
> Given that all graphics on a website use the <image> tag in the HTML
> code, it might be possible to create a code widget that can hide the
> graphics for you. Click and graphics are hidden, click again and they are
> visible.
>
> But I wouldn't wait for the solution to be built for you. Pigs will
> fly before that happens!
>
> Why not reach out to the coder community and find someone who can
> co-create this with you? There's probably a college student somewhere
> in the world studying computer science who needs a small project like
> this for his coursework. Heck, there might be someone in Computer
> Science at Utah State University, which hosts WebAim. It could be sold
> as a $9.99 code widget to web developers, who then can add that feature to
> websites.
>
> Don't wait for the solution to come to you. Web developers will stay
> gainfully employed without ever meeting your needs because graphics and
> visual design dominate the real world.
>
> So become inventive. Rustle up a coder or two and have them work with you on
> a code widget that will give you what you need. "Necessity is the mother of
> all invention," right?
>
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