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Hello. Im thinking of making a proposal for a new group specifically
designed to facilitate easy access and pleasurable use to blind people
using reader software.

This has come about as Ive seen the well-known blind uk.* user Brian Gaff
semi-regularly offer mild complaints as to the readability of peoples
posts, particularly when threads have raged for days or weeks and there are
replies with loads of quoted content.

So, what Im thinking is make a new group where the rule is that replies
must be very heavily snipped, with no more than one level of quoted content
(ie; the message that is being replied to). Perhaps even enforce snipping
of everything and top-post (which is more or less how Brian replies).
Whatever works. The group would need to be moderated to ensure that the
rules on posting style are followed, of course.

Interested to hear thoughts, particularly from Brian (cross-posted to d-i-y
to grab his attention. FUs set) or anybody else using reader software.

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Bernie wrote:
On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:39:36 +0100
brian wrote:

In message , Stephen Cole
writes
Hello. Im thinking of making a proposal for a new group specifically
designed to facilitate easy access and pleasurable use to blind
people using reader software.

This has come about as Ive seen the well-known blind uk.* user
Brian Gaff semi-regularly offer mild complaints as to the
readability of peoples posts, particularly when threads have raged
for days or weeks and there are replies with loads of quoted content.

So, what Im thinking is make a new group where the rule is that
replies must be very heavily snipped, with no more than one level of
quoted content (ie; the message that is being replied to). Perhaps
even enforce snipping of everything and top-post (which is more or
less how Brian replies). Whatever works. The group would need to be
moderated to ensure that the rules on posting style are followed, of
course.

Interested to hear thoughts, particularly from Brian (cross-posted
to d-i-y to grab his attention. FUs set) or anybody else using
reader software.


There's a uk.people.deaf ,so I imagine it would be in the uk.people
hierarchy..

Read "Naming Guidelines For uk.*" Up ^ somewhere.

There hasn't been a post there since 2018. I don't a
"uk.people.blind" group would have many subscribers.

Brian



uk.people.dead has more life (really, it does).


How about an RFD for uk.people.argumentative.moderated and its sister
group uk.net.news.moderation.moderated (both groups with the same mods,
obv)?


I nominate Gareth for Boss Mod of those groups.

Vote Gareth!

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On Monday, 30 September 2019 14:40:41 UTC+1, Stephen Cole wrote:
Hello. Im thinking of making a proposal for a new group specifically
designed to facilitate easy access and pleasurable use to blind people
using reader software.

This has come about as Ive seen the well-known blind uk.* user Brian Gaff
semi-regularly offer mild complaints as to the readability of peoples
posts, particularly when threads have raged for days or weeks and there are
replies with loads of quoted content.

So, what Im thinking is make a new group where the rule is that replies
must be very heavily snipped, with no more than one level of quoted content
(ie; the message that is being replied to). Perhaps even enforce snipping
of everything and top-post (which is more or less how Brian replies).
Whatever works. The group would need to be moderated to ensure that the
rules on posting style are followed, of course.

Interested to hear thoughts, particularly from Brian (cross-posted to d-i-y
to grab his attention. FUs set) or anybody else using reader software.


It won't happen and it's unlikely to work in the real world.

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