- From: Loretta Guarino Reid <lguarino@adobe.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:40:06 -0700
- To: Lee Roberts <leeroberts@roserockdesign.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Lee, what should we be telling the developers of these new technologies that they need to do before their techology doesn't need a text alternative for accessibility? Or will it always be the case that they need a text alternative? > While we focus upon things like JavaScript, SVG and Flash, > who says that some smart person won't come up with a new > technology? Each time we have a new technology come up we > are in the same position ... it won't work on all > platforms and in all assistive technology. Therefore, we > must have a fallback position. > > That fallback position must be an equivalent text > alternative. > > Lee Roberts > http://www.roserockdesign.com > http://www.applepiecart.com
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