- From: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:10:25 -0700
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
VT:: "...perhaps something like "guidelines for software developers" should be worked out in order to make programmers aware of the problem." WL: There are many (a plethora?) such "guidelines" and they are to date more noted than observed (what does he mean by that?). Amaya is far from the most serious offender although because of its association with W3C is well worth dealing with, which is being done. All such recommendations are about like safety posters in a factory - they give the appearance of something being done about a problem but often offer no respite. The militance that ires many is often the only recourse and thus come regulations with their attendant divisive debates. http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Policy is a repository for many of the responses of various governmental entities to the problem of Web access for PWDs. It is clear from the growth of this list that efforts to foster accessibility are rampant and it is to be hoped that as the "Network is the computer" attitude becomes increasingly real that software in general will also become more usable by us all. The guidelines you call for already exist and are increasingly becoming distilled in various W3C recommendations. We just have to keep on keeping on. -- Love. ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE http://dicomp.pair.com
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