- From: Graham Oliver <graham_oliver@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 13:29:12 -0800 (PST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Hi Some of the recent posting have detailed the 'conflict' between supporting older mainstream browsers (versions 3 and earlier of Navigator and Explorer) and implementing the WAI guidelines. For me, there has been one key concept that has been missing in this debate and that is 'choice'. For a non-disabled person to upgrade from a version 3 browser to a more current version is a matter of choice, being disabled is not. What this means to me, is that it makes more sense to focus on the development and testing of web sites that work well for the non-disabled in versions 4 and upwards of the mainstream browsers. This gives the following 2 key benefits:- 1. It allows closer adherence to the WAI guidelines. 2. It frees up more resources to focus on development and testing, using user-agents for the disabled. It is arguably more important to support older versions of disabled user-agents, given the substantial cost of upgrading some of these products. I would just like to add how much I value reading the postings to this list. Regards Graham Oliver __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Received on Sunday, 17 December 2000 16:31:09 UTC