[NAFEX] Getting the word out WAS Re: NNGA membership declines

road's end farm organic101 at linkny.com
Mon Jul 2 14:07:29 EDT 2007


On Jul 2, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Thomas Olenio wrote:

>
> The issue would be to insist your library has more current equipment, 
> or
> they maintain the software updates better.  If you went into the 
> library and
> they only had last months (last years) newspapers you would complain.  
> The
> same rule should apply to computers in libraries.

I think that Tanis was using her own computer, not the library's.

I'm sure libraries would be happy to update equipment if you will 
donate it to them. Most smaller libraries are struggling for money to 
stay open more than a few hours a week. Many of them do get computers 
donated, often by computer companies, and some get broadband access 
donated; but they can't often go to the donaters and say "We must have 
new equipment! Right now!" (Yes, the money factor also limits how many 
newspapers and magazines they carry; and many of the magazines in my 
local library are also donated, some of them a week or so late so the 
original subscriber can read them first).

I doubt that it's essentially impossible to design sites that will do 
tricks for those as like them but will still function as basic pages 
for those who don't want to spend all their time and money updating 
their computers and their computer knowledge. What needs to be gotten 
across to the site designers is that both sorts of people are online.

There are also a lot of people online who have only slow telephone line 
modem access; and many who have trouble reading colored print against 
fancy design background.

I have seen sites designed to give the user choices in size and types 
of files, choices of music or no music, of plain text or lots of 
graphics; so it must be possible to do so. Why not aim for the largest 
audience, instead of writing off either those who want/need it simple 
or those who think that simple is boring?

--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
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