Re: not jaws, just inaccessible:Fw: Inaccessible Web sites

and some of these pop up stoppers can cause problems for systems with
screen readers due to resource issues.  Now, we are getting way afield
but this is not a screen reader issue necessarily as is pointed out
below.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Woolley" <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: not jaws, just inaccessible:Fw: Inaccessible Web sites


> Ok, I'll give you that, but how is ad freezing be the responsibility
of a
> screen reader? Why wouldn't a screen reader user use the same software
that
> a sighted person would use (such as Proxomitron, RJT, JunkBuster, or
> Guidescope) to stop refreshing ads?

For the same reasons that the sighted person wouldn't use it:

- any add on software constitutes a technicality barrier for most users;
- it may require additional clearances from network administrators;
- many network administrators may refuse it because sites heavy in
banner
  ads often have terms of use that forbid the use of banner blocking
software;
- the machine may be a shared resource and the network administrator may
  not want to impose such a policy for all users.

On the other hand, a sighted user can much more easily ignore or dismiss
the adverts (although people with some perception disorders may get
confused as well).

Popups are much more of a problem for blind users, but they are no more
technically oriented than sighted users.

Received on Tuesday, 28 May 2002 16:53:57 UTC