- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 08:49:46 +0100
- To: public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org
On 01/04/2016 01:05, David MacDonald wrote: > Mobile seems to be the buzz these days, and the general public has not > advanced past ... If we offer a course in Mobile accessibility, and > another course in Pointer events accessibility, or touch events > accessibility. I think the mobile a11y course will triple the attendance. Well, you wouldn't market a course just on "Touch events". And even if you wanted to, you'd call it something a bit more general such as "Making content and applications on touchscreen devices accessible". > In the Microsoft Event this week the keynote the statement was "we are > mobile first, meaning users should be able to access their work across > all platforms and technologies, that's mobile computing, the user is > mobile" > > But I'm fine with dumping the word mobile, if it interferes with our > mission, but we should do so after consulting stakeholders. "Mobile" as a marketing buzzword is fine. "Mobile" as a categorisation for technologies/problems/recommendations which are not exclusive to smartphones/tablets is what I take issue with. That is all. P -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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