- From: Henk Wittingen <Henk.Wittingen@inter.NL.net>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:56:46 +0100
- To: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>, "Chetz Colwell" <c.g.colwell@herts.ac.uk>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Chetz and Charles, -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Chetz Colwell <c.g.colwell@herts.ac.uk> Aan: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> Datum: dinsdag 16 maart 1999 20:15 Onderwerp: Re: Evaluation results: disability and assistive tech >I think it is a natural question to ask how many web users, or potential >web users, are disabled, but I am also unconvinced it is relevant when so >many of the guidelines are aimed at improving access for those working >'eyes free' or 'hands free'. >Also, I'm not sure there are reliable sources of statistics. Perhaps it is good to stress once again that it is NOT important at all how accurate statistics are but as Charles already mentioned and Chez agreed on that many webusers are disabled in one way or the other. So the real important thing is to achieve awareness about the keyproblems and achieve consensus on how to solve, reduce or avoid them. That is what is relevant! Even if the figures mentioned in this article pointed to below are true for only 50% they are still impressive enough. The main problems are descibed pretty good in general I think. http://www.computerworld.com/home/news.nsf/CWFlash/9903125disable met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Henk Wittingen - Ede gld - NL
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