- From: Charles F. Munat <chas@munat.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 23:51:53 -0700
- To: "'Steve Baty'" <steve@redsquare.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Steve Baty wrote: "Sorry, one further point here....approximately half of the world's population has never made a telephone call. We have a long, long way to go before Web content is accessible to this group." Reply: The WCAG can't address this problem: it isn't content-related. But the guidelines certainly can address the needs of *everyone* who has a computer and an Internet connection, regardless of how dated or slow their computer/connection is. Let's not read too much into my suggestion. I'm not suggesting that the WAI solve the problem of world poverty (would that we could!). I'm suggesting that accessibility requirements should not force Web pages/sites to become too expensive to access (or to produce), and in fact should strive to erase any such barriers that might already exist. Charles F. Munat, Seattle, Washington
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