- From: Jim Rebman <James.Rebman@Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 15:45:41 -0600
- To: BILL BROBST <bill@dog2.3dog.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Another point of view... While I dislike spam as much as the next guy, I think we are perhaps being a little too quick on the criticism trigger and missing what seems to be something of an opportunity here. The difference between this and most other unsolicited advertisements that have made it through to this list is that this product actually relates to what we are discussing here, namely, the web. I would hope we could look at this as an opportunity to reach the vendor of this product and educate them on the issues of accessibility and the benefit to them in relation to the legal requirements that their customers will face. On the surface this looks like an interesting and powerful product but one that could no doubt benefit from some accessibility-related design considerations. Considering that it is also targeting the educational multimedia market, and since no serious players in this critical market seem to be taking accessibility seriously, we should take this opportunity to educate them. The company in question also advertises that they design custom GUIs, and if there ever was a company that could benefit from a little education, this seems like a prime candidate<grin>. Hopefully, we haven't scared off these people now, and hopefully we can open a dialog and start talking about things like authoring guidelines, XML, SMIL, and the whole range of issues that we all know about and preach to each other ad nauseum, but don't effectively communicate to the rest of the world (yet -- forgive me Judy, I know this is coming). Just my opinion, Jim ------------------------------ Jim Rebman University of Colorado, Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science Technology - Enhanced Learning Laboratory mailto:jrebman@schof.colorado.edu
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