- From: Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 17:40:09 -0800 (PST)
- To: Peter Verhoeven <pav@oce.nl>, dd@w3.org
- Cc: mike@vorburger.ch, w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
Hello, Peter! Well, as far as I know neither of the borwsers you mentioned offer a possibility for plug-ins. However, I'd think that a similar offer to the dev-lynx list would generate an interest. Best regards, Victor ---Peter Verhoeven <pav@oce.nl> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > == 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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