- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 17:43:13 +0000 (UTC)
- To: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Requiring a person to use your chosen set of AT tells me
> the person has no idea what accessible is.
That's correct in principle, but the example isn't:
> Flash fails compliance testing because it requires the
> user to be on Microsoft platforms.
No, that's only the case because the only truly functional screen readers
work on Windows. OutSpoken for OS 9 is a dead product on a discontinued
platform; emacspeak has precisely two known users. When screen readers
develop for Macintosh (one has already been announced) and Linux (one
thinks of GNOME), *then* they may be updated to work with accessible Flash
content. Same with PDF.
And both those file formats will continue to be made more accessible. (Hi,
Bob! I have in no way forgotten about you, Bob!)
I love it when WCAG fundamentalists blast "proprietary" formats for being
inaccessible even when they have accessibility features and when other
proprietary formats (like QuickTime, RealMedia, and Windows Media) are
lauded for their accessibility features.
And, Lee, quit the goddamned top-posting.
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Joe Clark | joeclark@joeclark.org
Accessibility <http://joeclark.org/access/>
Expect criticism if you top-post
Received on Thursday, 22 July 2004 13:43:18 UTC