- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:07:31 -0500 (EST)
- To: JBrewer@w3.org (Judy Brewer)
- Cc: pjenkins@us.ibm.com, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, ij@w3.org, khudairi@w3.org
to follow up on what Judy Brewer said: > > Actually, "User Agents" is very clear, and probably no more unknown than > "Hosting." Other reactions? > I was wondering if there hasn't been enough noise about client/server architecture so that "WAI Accessibility Guidelines: Client Software" would pass as general English. To me User Agent says "the program that does HTTP" in a way that "Client" doesn't. I am not quite sure. But if subjected to a poll, I would say "Client Software" was more likely to be understood to include the screen reader [or other adaptive accessory] and "User Agent" was more likely to be interpreted to exclude it. This is funny. Neither can be trusted to convey a precise meaning to the breadth of our readership. $.02 Al
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