Re: non-specialised HTML generators

At 6:46 PM -0500 11/1/98, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>Programs like Word, Notes, etc, which can be used to generate web content
>should have the same guidelines applied to them as any other authoring
>tool, ...

>If these products are rated as producing inaccessible, then those
>purchasers who are looking to produce accessible material will create a
>market pressure for the manufacturers to adopt the guidelines.
>

A very strong section on conversion tools will be included in the
guidelines (see the new document this afternoon).

We are also in the process of evaluating existing software that converts to
HTML, and will use the results of the evaluation to highlight problems with
existing software, in another forum.

Jutta

Received on Monday, 2 November 1998 11:28:04 UTC