- From: Charles (Chuck) Oppermann <chuckop@MICROSOFT.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:01:19 -0800
- To: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
The problem boils down to mathematics: There is one HTML standard There are 2 major browsers There are several major HTML authoring tools There are dozens of major accessibility aids There are millions of web page designers We try to twist the arms of the web page designers, but we will never reach all of them. Starting with IE, the browsers are becoming highly accessible. Let's work on the authoring tools and making sure that the accessibility ISVs are using the features provided by the browsers. Like Scott says, people think this is all cool, but when push comes to shove, they will abandon "accessible design" in favor of cool graphics and eye candy. Charles Oppermann Windows NT User Interface Group, Microsoft Corporation mailto:chuckop@microsoft.com http://microsoft.com/enable/ "A computer on every desk and in every home, usable by everyone!" -----Original Message----- From: Scott Luebking [SMTP:phoenixl@netcom.com] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 1997 7:49 AM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Title on horizontal rule Hi, I was wondering if anyone has been doing a long term follow-up to trainings on web accessibility. A pattern I think I'm seeing seems to be: 1. Attend workshop 2. Be exposed to unexpected problems on web pages 3. Be appreciative of the exposure 4. Go back to work 5. Realize the implications of the technology gap, i.e. extra work, conflicts on whether to take advantage of modern inaccessible technology 6. Go into shock 7. Do some easy stuff 8. Put rest on "to do" list for when there's some free time I ran into one attendee from the UC Berkeley workshop at a coffee shop who was fairly frustrated in trying to be accessible and be current like her manager wants the site to be. Her question was who is responsible for making sure that accessibility is current with the technology. Is it her responsibility to compensate for the failings of the technology world and/or the disabled world in letting the technology gap develop? Scott
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