Re: accessibility of the installation process

Gregory,

I agree that it is an important part of makking the things accessible.
However I believe that it is an issue covered standard conventions, which we
handle by reference, since it is not an issue specfic to Authoring Tools. (I
invite you to check those over and make sure it is in a sufficient number of
the references.)

Cheers

Charles

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote:

  aloha, y'all!
  
  i know that this is probably the last can of worms anyone in this WG wants
  opened at this particular time, but, having recently installed a number of
  currently available authoring tools in preparation for evaluating  them against
  the AUGL, i've been wondering why the User Agent guidelines have a checkpoint
  (number 1.3) covering the accessibility of the installation process [1] when
  the AUGL doesn't?
  
  the only explicit references to installation that i could find were in the AU
  Techniques document:-- both are listed under Checkpoint 5.1, and neither
  addresses the concern about an accessible installation interface in a manner
  similar to that utilized in the UAGL
  
  begin first quote
  The accessibility features should be designed as integral components of the
  authoring tool application, not plug-ins or other peripheral components that
  need to be separately obtained, installed, configured or executed 
  end first quote
  
  begin second quote
  The default installation of the authoring tool should include all accessibility
  features enabled. The author may have the option to disable these features
  later on. 
  end second quote
  
  i have no problem with addressing this concern in the techniques document, but
  i did think it an important enough issue -- even if just from a WAI GL to WAI
  GL compatibility point of view -- to raise before we enter last call...
  
  gregory.
  
  References
  [1] <http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WAI-USERAGENT/#tech-device-independent-install>
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