- From: Harry Woodrow <harrry@email.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:08:08 +0800
- To: "Charles McCathieNevile" <charles@w3.org>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
What about knowledge and training of the user. See below. -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ig-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of Charles McCathieNevile Sent: Thursday, 27 December 2001 10:08 AM To: Tina Marie Holmboe Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Fresh start? Re: Minimal Browser Capabilities There is another area I see as important in the area of User/Developer responsibilities and that is the area of knowledge of the use of available tools. If a tool is freely available and the user does not know how to use it correctly is that the Developers fault or show a need for training for the user. Note This may imply that there is a need for training to be provided to the user but this is a matter for other agencies. As an example of this: Many users have dificulty using a browser because of lower sight however in most browsers mechanisms exist to enable the change of size of fonts. If the designer has not stopped the use of this in some way can he be really considered to have presented an inaccessible site. Another example: At a recent seminar a demonstration was given by a blind user of using Jaws. He was having dificulty finding something and had pronounced the site inaccessible. Someone asked him to use the Find facility and told him how to do it and he found the link imediately. He stated he didn't use the find facility because "he didnt know if it worked or not". In this case was the site inaccessible or was it that the user lacked the training to use it effectively. Should the designer have catered for this. Harry Woodrow
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