- From: Wendy Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:45:27 -0400
- To: <snutarelli@webaccessibile.org>, "WCAG WG mailing list" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
At 02:42 AM 8/12/2005, Sebastiano Nutarelli (IWA/HWG) wrote: >Browsers should align to our guidelines and not viceversa (IMHO). Browsers should conform to the technical specifications (HTML, XHTML, CSS, etc.) or to UAAG 1.0. We are not providing guidance to browsers, we are providing guidance to content developers. On one hand people argue that we should make content work with older technologies because we know that assistive technologies are expensive and quirky and people with disabilities may not upgrade as quickly or often. However, on the other hand to make content backwards compatible that often means using practices that are not valid because that's what older user agents and assistive technologies support. Multimedia is something that is extremely useful for people with learning and reading disabilities, and if we essentially ban the embed element we're banning the creation of content that can increase accessibility for some audiences who may be using older technologies. Granted, the multimedia itself needs to be accessible, but we need to find the balance between old and new and provide the best information possible. --wendy
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