- From: Robert Neff <rneff@moon.jic.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 10:35:04 -0700
- To: <telecom-l@trace.wisc.edu>, "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@smart.net>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I am still waiting for the day when one page can be read by all. as a designer , manager, generally concerned about access, and trying to create accessible sites, i am waiting for standards. The content guidelines will be a start, but i want to see a test configuration that details the minimum browsers that the W3C supports. We need to give the design community metrics they can afford to implement. When i say metrics, i mean one graphical browser, one text, ont screen reader. we need to get designers and their managers buy-in and to tell them that there are over fifty browsers that the community can use and need to test is ludicrous. should we consider applying the same standards to browsers in the web content guidelines as we do to requirements, for example: Lynx, pwWebSpeak, Netscape 4.5, IE 4.2, Opera, webtv, JFW would be a Priotity one and double A. Categories for browsers would be Graphical, Text, Voice, Screen Reader - any other categories. There has to be a phyiscal test standard. We have started this with the Web Content Guidelines, lets add a minimum browser test! Could the Web Characterization committe provide input as to the most popular browsers and update the list on a quarterly basis? /rob
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