- From: Leonard R. Kasday <kasday@acm.org>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 14:28:33 -0500
- To: "Denis Anson" <danson@miseri.edu>, "Ian Jacobs" <ij@w3.org>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
At 11:51 AM 12/3/99 -0500, Denis Anson wrote: >Len, > >My take is that the conformance ratings are for general purpose browsers, >which must accommodate all users. If you make a browser that is focused on >the needs of a single group, and is not intended to be accessible for all >users, then the conformance ratings simply don't apply. That's a possibility but if that's the philosophy it should be explicit and highlighted. Plus there's still the case... though it may be unlikely... that someone designs a browser with built in output access to all disabilities, including e.g. built in sound, drivers for most Braille terminals, magnification, captioning, etc. For the sake of example, assume the input follows standards. I think they should be allowed at least an A rating even if they don't have a standard API for output. Len ------- Leonard R. Kasday, Ph.D. Institute on Disabilities/UAP, and Department of Electrical Engineering Temple University 423 Ritter Annex, Philadelphia, PA 19122 kasday@acm.org http://astro.temple.edu/~kasday (215) 204-2247 (voice) (800) 750-7428 (TTY)
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