- From: Gregg Vanderheiden <po@trace.wisc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 18:29:50 -0500
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: "w3c-wai-wg@w3.org" <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
Jim wrote
I don't think you should assume that people interested in vision
impairments are only interested in the source problems.
[GV }
absolutely. People with all disabilities have access issues at the
browser / viewer end.
Couple of additional thoughts.
- Source documents used to only be a problem for people with sensory and
cognitive disabilities.
- Now that we are including user interface issues in source materials (e.g.
Java applets et al) we are making source materials a problem for people
with all disabilities.
- Moreover, solutions in the browser (e.g. if we have an accessible
browser) are not enough if the source materials (including the applets) are
not accessible as well.
- This is just more evidence for not treating them as separate entities in
discussion accessibility.
Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden
Received on Wednesday, 28 May 1997 19:30:57 UTC