- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 16:27:01 -0400 (EDT)
- To: kathyhe@microsoft.com (Kathy Hewitt)
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
to follow up on what Kathy Hewitt said: > Then maybe instead of putting the entire online documentation > under the umbrella of providing it in plain text, it should > just be those parts relating to accessibility? I would want to hear how David feels about this. However, for myself, I would be inclined to believe that it could be a subset. While this subset is correlated with the accessibility features, that is not exactly how I would frame it. I would look at learning the UI as a progressive learning experience and frame a bootstrapping sequence which prioritizes skills. One can probably isolate a core set of skills that ensures you can manage the rest of the course materials. The first bit of the course needs to be extremely robust to be sure to get everyone on board the lifeboat. That is an area where Microsoft has scored big with the general audience: the first step is _not_ a big one. But it may be necessary to walk through "the first step" in _several_ different adaptive-tech modes to be sure that the ease of getting started is there for everyone. That is how it strikes me. Al PS: a very accessible, access-smart installer is on my Christmas list. That seems to be one of the process steps where independence goes right out the window.
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