- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 09:06:51 -0800
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Cc: David Clark <david@davidsaccess.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 02:03 AM 2/4/2001 , Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >Hi Dave, >have you thought about using IRC? There are a lot of clients available on >different systems. Do other people have experience with trying to use IRC? I'd second this; I looked into the issue several years ago and the benefit of using IRC is that it's been around a long time and it's relatively non-proprietary. This means that there have been people with disabilities successfully (to varying degrees) using IRC for quite some time, and it also avoids the problem with most chat systems of having to relearn the entire system for each site you visit. I'm not saying it's a perfect solution, but since there are few if any standards for interactive chat, and no known accessible standards, it may be the best we can do today. Hey, there's a question -- why hasn't the W3C specifically addressed the issue of chat services over the web/Internet and the accessibility and interoperability thereof? Politics, maybe? --Kynn Kynn Bartlett Sr. Engineering Product Leader Team Edapta Reef North America Tel +1 909-674-5225 ___________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. ___________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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