- From: Jamie Fox <jfox@fenix2.dol-esa.gov>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 1999 10:32:47 -0400
- To: "'Ann Navarro'" <ann@webgeek.com>, Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>, Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>
- Cc: "charles@w3.org" <charles@w3.org>, "phoenixl@netcom.com" <phoenixl@netcom.com>, "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I think personal expense usually isn't an issue for work provided computers and software. Keep in mind we're discussing the limited instance of a company intranet here. Second, to answer Kynn Bartlett, a company may demand employees learn new software or develop new skills. It seems to me that the disabled are generally capable of doing new things and grasping new technologies. This of course falls apart when applied to educational and other non-work environments however it applies to our intranet instance. -Jamie Fox -----Original Message----- From: Ann Navarro [SMTP:ann@webgeek.com] Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 9:28 AM To: Kynn Bartlett; Scott Luebking Cc: charles@w3.org; phoenixl@netcom.com; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Single Browser Intranets (was: Web Accessibility Myths) At 09:51 PM 10/24/99 -0700, Kynn Bartlett wrote: >What about non-blind people who refuse to learn IE5 and Windows, and will only use lynx? > >(I'm not being facetious -- I think that's an important question to >ask here.) Or can't afford JAWS, what was it, $800 or so? Ann --- Author of: Effective Web Design: Master the Essentials 10/99 - Mastering XML, 12/99 - HTML By Example, 2nd. Ed. Founder, WebGeek Communications http://www.webgeek.com Vice President-Finance, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org Director, HWG Online Education http://www.hwg.org/services/classes
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