Re: User Contexts: identifying assistive technologies

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Dominic Mazzoni <dmazzoni@google.com> wrote:

> However, what's the use case for wanting to know the exact screen reader
> name and version? I think there's real danger that web sites would
> customize their experience for the most widely-used screen reader
> (currently JAWS) and ignore others. I don't think the occasional benefits
> would outweigh the added complication to the API, or the
>

...I meant to finish this sentence as ", the additional personal
information about the user that's exposed, or the risk that sites would
overoptimize for one particular screen reader."

Received on Wednesday, 5 June 2013 15:07:55 UTC