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Re: Musings on ARIA role="application" blog post by Terrill Thompson

From: Phil Spencer <phil.spencer@digforfiredmg.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:00:29 +0000
To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>, David Poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
CC: "Schnabel, Stefan" <stefan.schnabel@sap.com>, Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, "Keim, Oliver" <oliver.keim@sap.com>
Message-ID: <C735C43D.1FBE%phil.spencer@digforfiredmg.co.uk> 
> Joshue O Connor wrote:

>> +1. AT upgrades are expensive so its not right to suggest that the user
>> should "just upgrade".
> 
> Josh

+1 more.
Most clients I work for insist on a lot of backward compatibility for
general web build issues e.g. IE6 support. It's hard to imagine them having
a different view where accessibility is concerned.
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