- From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 09:46:19 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
EOWG Check out this resource on Browsers... ...and we should also link to his page from our <http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing> page. - Judy >To: <gnasby@uoguelph.ca> >From: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org> >Subject: RE: new online list of web browsers >Cc: "Wendy (E-mail)" <chisholm@trace.wisc.edu>, <gv@trace.wisc.edu>, <cpl@starlingweb.com> >In-Reply-To: <002801bedca1$093d24c0$866efea9@gregg> >References: <37A51994.32D6@uoguelph.ca> > >Graham, > >Nice resource! > >You might also like to check out, or link to, our "alternative browsing" page <http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing> at the Web Accessibility Initiative. > >- Judy > >At 11:39 PM 8/1/99 -0500, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote: >>Hi Graham >> >>Very nice to see this! >> >>Are you interested in also cataloging some features for each of the >>browsers? We are interested in logging which browsers support certain >>features that are important for accessibility. Interested? >> >>Also, check out the WAI guidelines. There is now a logo that is associated >>with the guidelines. You may want to put it on your page as well. >>See http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG1-Conformance.html >> >>Gregg >> >> >>-- ------------------------------ >>Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D. >>Professor - Human Factors >>Dept of Ind. Engr. - U of Wis. >>Director - Trace R & D Center >>Gv@trace.wisc.edu, http://trace.wisc.edu/ >>FAX 608/262-8848 >>For a list of our listserves send "lists" to listproc@trace.wisc.edu >> >> -----Original Message----- >>From: Graham Nasby [mailto:gnasby@uoguelph.ca] >>Sent: Sunday, August 01, 1999 11:08 PM >>To: www-html@w3.org; cpl@starlingweb.com; gv@trace.wisc.edu >>Subject: new online list of web browsers >> >>[Updated! with correct URL - sorry about the previous incorrect URL] >> >>Hi! >> >>I am a Systems and Computer Engineering student at the University of >>Guelph (Guelph, Ontario Canada). >> >>I like many people do not want to feel constrained by mainstream web >>browsers and would like to know what alternatives are available. I >>searched the web for about 2 hours to find a list of available web >>browsers, but could not find anything that was devoted to this task >>besides the results of the search engine at www.shareware.com . So I am >>hoping to provide this service myself. >> >>I have just started a list of web browsers: >> >>http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gnasby/projects/web_browser_info/browser_list.html >>(This is to be the permanent location for the page.) >> >>The goal of this page is to become the definative list for web browsers >>on the web. >> >>It has all kinds of categories for browsers (shareware, freeware, >>commercial, under development, open-source, etc.) And covers almost >>every operating system out there, including: win32, win16, DOS, OS/2, >>Java, Mac, 10 different flavours of unix, source-code, etc. >> >>One nice aspect of the page is that it is designed so that for every >>browser (and for each OS it runs under, if desired) there will be a URL >>to a web page on the internet for that browser. There is also a listing >>of the company/development-team responsible with a URL link. >> >> E.g. when it lists Netscape Navigator, it has a >> link to the Netscape Navigator homepage >> and a link to the homepage for Netscape Communications. >> >> >>I would greatly appreciate it if some folks could check out the page and >>let me know what you think. >> >>Also if I am missing any browsers, please let me know so I can add >>them. Additionally, if there are any corrections to be made to the >>page, let me know as well. >> >>Cheers, >> >>Graham Nasby >>-- >> ** This message was transmitted using 100% recycled electrons. ** >>=================================================================== >> = | University of Guelph Engineering Student = >> = Graham Nasby | www: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~gnasby/ = >> = | e-mail: gnasby@uoguelph.ca = >>=================================================================== >> ---------- Judy Brewer jbrewer@w3.org +1.617.258.9741 http://www.w3.org/WAI Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) International Program Office World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MIT/LCS Room NE43-355, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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