- From: T. V. Raman <raman@users.sf.net>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 12:08:11 -0700
- To: ebruchez@orbeon.com
- Cc: www-forms@w3.org
Eric, Far from my asserting that XForms is not a good thing for
access -- i spent a lot of time designing it to be good for
accessibility. My asertion was about *today*'s implementations.
>>>>> "Erik" == Erik Bruchez <ebruchez@orbeon.com> writes:
Erik> Raman,
Erik>
Erik> I don't think that the fact that today's
Erik> implementations do not meet accessibility requirements
Erik> necessarily means they cannot. At least, I would like
Erik> to see compelling arguments in that direction, and
Erik> clearer technical details about exactly what is lost
Erik> (and shouldn't be lost) by going from XForms to XHTML.
Erik>
Erik> IE is not supporting XForms anytime soon, and Ajax is
Erik> here to stay, which makes this is a very important
Erik> topic.
Erik>
Erik> I think ignorance of the requirements for accessibility
Erik> is a more important reason why most Ajax-based web
Erik> applications maybe lack in accessibility. We are
Erik> unfortunately as guilty as anyone here.
Erik>
Erik> -Erik
Erik>
Erik> T.V Raman wrote:
>>
>>> From what I've seen coming out of some of the server side
>> processors, I'm afraid your're correct
>>
>> Allan Beaufour writes:
>> >
>> > Since not everybody is using a browser with XForms
>> capabilities, if > you want to deploy XForms today,
>> server-side transformations might be > needed. But how
>> about accessibility? I fear that you loose that then?
>> >
>> > /me steps aside and hopes for some good answers from the
>> server-side crowd :)
>> >
>> > --
>> > ... Allan
Erik>
Erik> -- Orbeon - XForms Everywhere:
Erik> http://www.orbeon.com/blog/
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