- From: John Foliot - bytown internet <foliot@bytowninternet.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 14:46:03 -0400
- To: "Jerry Weichbrodt" <gerald.g.weichbrodt@ived.gm.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> So, as a JAWS user, I don't think WindowEyes has it over JAWS here, but, > even though both screen readers deal as well as they do with these sites, > it's only because of the tricks in the screen readers, and other > combinations of browser and technology would probably fall on > their faces at > these sites. > Ergo, inaccessible. Requiring "user agents" to overcome shortcomings in the HTML we give them is an un-reasonable expectation. The fact that JAWS and/or WindowEyes have been designed to accommodate crummy coding practices is a benefit to some users, but does not in any way "forgive" the inaccessible development of these sites. Just my $0.02 JF
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