- From: <carl.myhill@ps.ge.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:24:44 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
I don't see why this is even a discussion. Isnt it just the case that accessibility is just usability for all? 'Usability' often unnecessarily ignores sectors of society and accessibility is the reminder not to do that for lots of reasons, not just equity but for economic reasons - why exclude potential customers by failing to get accessibility right. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Phill Jenkins [mailto:pjenkins@us.ibm.com] Sent: 11 November 2003 21:04 To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: Re: Ouch!!! (was: RE: Nielsen's Latest Alertbox & a personal protest) Regarding the phrase: accessibility = usability I would say that accessibility is necessary but no always sufficient for good usability. Usability is more subjective, while accessibility has been defined as complying with the technical standards in WCAG or 508. And in some cases, in the name of usability, accessibility is broken. For example, many mouse only features are designed to make the software more usable to the mouse capable users, but unfortunately have broken or did not enabled the accessibility for the keyboard only user. Regards, Phill Jenkins
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