- From: Peter Verhoeven <pav@oce.nl>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 12:28:42 +0100
- To: Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@yahoo.com>, dd@w3.org
- Cc: mike@vorburger.ch, w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
Hi Victor, After reading all arguments I prefer a text filter that create a text equivalent of a graphical page. Unless it solves not all accessibility problems, it solves a lot. It will help the disabled more on the short term than tools for adding alt tags to images, because you have to ask webmasters to use these tools. I know how much time it cost to contact all those webmasters. I think the idea of a plug-in is a good idea. Is it also possible to add plug-ins to browsers like Lynx and Net-Tamer? Regards Peter Verhoeven At 20:37 25-10-98 -0800, Victor Tsaran wrote: >Hello, >I remember that Adobe Systems has created an accessibility plug-in for >their Acrobat reader. It was a self-executable file that after >extraction was detected by the main program and appropriate changes >were implemented to the menus of the program and other components. If >a similar accesibility plug-in could be writen for each of teh >browsers and be installed on a person's computer, we could eliminate a >need for additional tags. >See what you all have to say, >Best regards, >Victor > > > > > >---Peter Verhoeven <pav@oce.nl> wrote: >> >> Hi Dan, >> >> At 13:26 21-10-98 +0200, Daniel Dardailler wrote: >> > >> >> If it is possible to create a text-only filter I prefer such a >filter. But >> >> I think it is NOT possible. >> > >> >Peter, compare what's in >> > http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/text-equiv >> >and what current browser do and you'll understand that a text-only >> >tool can be a reality, albeit not a solve-all solution. >> >> Yes, I understand you are right! >> I only miss the HTML generated by CGI scripts. >> But for a lot of websites this will work. >> >> Regards Peter Verhoeven >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >== >Hi, visit me at: >http://tsarnet.home.ml.org > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >
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