Re: Web Authoring Tools that are Both Accessible and Produce Accessible Content

Hi Bruce.  I think I saw mention of Amaya on the W3C web site, but I was
amused that I couldn't seem to find information on just what an Amaya was or
what it was supposed to do -- just some stuff about bug fixes.

Really, I'm pretty happy with FrontPage, and I'm glad I am since it ain't
exactly cheap.  Still, I'm interested in what's out there and what might be
effective tools for the future.  Is Amaya a full-fledged
authoring/publishing/maintenance tool? and what makes this particular mouse
trap different from the others <grin>?

Thanks,
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Bailey" <bbailey@clark.net>
To: "Gerald G. Weichbrodt" <gerald.g.weichbrodt@ived.gm.com>;
<w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: RE: Web Authoring Tools that are Both Accessible and Produce
Accessible Content


> Dear Jerry,
>
> I am delighted to hear that FP is accessible, even if the pages it
produces
> leave something to be desired.
>
> One problem FP shares with most other graphical editors is that it will,
> without warning, delete and/or reformat code you put in by hand.  There is
> no satisfactory way to defeat this behavior.
>
> Of course, a the whole point of such a tool is that one should NOT need to
> know HTML!  I don't think it unreasonable that such a package be
accessible,
> nor is it unreasonable to expect such a tool to produce valid and
minimally
> accessible code!
>
> It will probably be a few years before Microsoft offers such a product.
>
> Have you tried Amaya?

Received on Tuesday, 9 May 2000 08:00:09 UTC