- From: B.K. DeLong <bkdelong@naw.org>
- Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 17:57:41 -0500
- To: <w3c-wai-au@w3.org>
At 05:36 PM 3/9/99 -0500, Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >Enforcement of these guidelines and assessment of how much they cost a >particular manufacturer to implement are both beyond the scope of the >group as currently chartered. >There are two reasons why I feel that the cost of implementation should >remain an issue which is beyond the scope of this group. I cannot agree more with what you said. By harping on these two issue we would be limiting the amount of accessibility we could recommend authoring tools contain or produce. Especially if we use the excuse "no one will implement it due to the cost incurred." Besides, concerned individuals will always step in to help with the enforcement of standards. Look at the Web Standards Project. They've taken CSS 1 and HTML 4.0 and made the Web development community aware of how unimplemented these recommendations are. Currently, Netscape is rewriting their browser to become as compliant as possible and Microsoft has even admitted it now recognizes Web developers as a potential client and user. We should not limit ourselves because we think our recommendations will interfere with a company's cost or product-to-market schedule. If the companies do not implement our AU Recommendations, a new group will spring up to educate the public to ask for those features or buy a different product. -- B.K. DeLong 360 Huntington Ave. Director Suite 140CSC-305 New England Chapter Boston, MA 02115 World Organization (617) 247-3753 of Webmasters http://www.world-webmasters.org bkdelong@naw.org
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