- From: Matthias Mueller-Prove <mprove@Adobe.COM>
- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:08:34 +0200
- To: "Phill Jenkins/Austin/IBM" <pjenkins@us.ibm.com>, w3c-wai-au@w3.org
Hi Phill, thanks for your comment. And - BTW - I agree.
Matthias
http://www.mprove.de/script/00/wai/multimedia.html#Open
>I'm not sure who posted the issue:
>
>>Open issues
>>
>>Are applets being considered as multimedia?
>
>I would like to recommend that "interactive multimedia", which is
>multimedia that has hot spots that can be selected, receive focus, etc. be
>considered in a separate area - such as "interactive multimedia". Since
>not all applets employ multimedia clips I don't think of applets as being
>considered multimedia. Multimedia (video and audio) is or can be added to
>applets to end up with interactive multimedia, while from the other point
>of view there are existing multimedia clips that are enhanced with
>programming behind it to end up with interactive multimedia.
>
>Also, the role of the user agent and/or special plug-in and/or "player" for
>that multimedia type needs to be considered.
>
>Regards,
>Phill Jenkins
>IBM Accessibility Center - Special Needs Systems
>http://www.ibm.com/able
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