- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 09:39:32 -0600
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
In response to Scott Luebking: I think the issue of industry paricipation central to making changes is one issue we will be talking about at the UI telephone meeting this week. I think both the UI and AU groups have this same problem of getting industry involved. Microsoft will be particpating in the UI meeting, so they are showing leadership in this area. I think we need to be creative in looking how accessibility features will be implemented, while at the same time not trying to compromise what are the accessibility goals. Jon At 06:40 AM 3/3/98 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, >Both the au and ui groups are meeting via phone this week. I'm afraid >I keep having one of those pesky questions cropping up for me. > >Basically, how many browser companies have shown a willingness to >modify their browser software. Various browser companies may show >something like moral support. However, this type of support can >be fairly cheap. What happens when they need to expend resources >for changing their software to include accessibility? For example, >as near as I can tell, Netscape has not shown any interest in taking >on the chore of modifying their browser software to include >aceesibility aspects. If the WAI decides what is needed in browsers >without participation of browser companies, the browser companies >will have less a sense of ownership of the issues and will be more >reluctant to make changes to their software. > >Scott > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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