- From: keiko okada <k-okada@mitsue.co.jp>
- Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:50:14 +0900
- To: <gdeering@acslink.net.au>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Thank you for your feedback, Geoff. > Software developers already implement accessibility to a greater extent > than web developers because of the tools and architecture they use; > SDKs, IDEs, APIs and general ability to follow standards better than web > developers (sorry if I am offending the more respected WDs amongst you). I am not sure of any statistic data but I think it will be much easier for the users to find accessible softwares/hardwares than accessible web sites, as I believe the selections should be much larger. Its just the matter of availabilty. For example, people probably will not have problem finding an accessible display or screen reader to improve their web surfing (and I am not talking about WHERE they will buy them- online or not). But I wonder how many accessible websites they can find, say, for Christmas shopping? There are a lot of e-commerce sites where you can shop, but I wonder how many of them are designed with accessibility in mind? >On a general note, from my personal perspective, I believe we will only >get high level to a high level of web accessibility when tools, mainly >backend and CMS's address these in their basic architecture. So far, >it's been a long journey and looks like still being a sojourn. Web is still fairly a "new" medium, especially when compared to the history of softwares/hardwares. Yet it has been catching up. We know its much easier to create an accessible site then making an existing site accessible. And that's the way it should be. More and more sites are created everyday. I hope more developers (and any other project members involved) willl have time and thoughtfulness (and money if necessary) to consider accessibility. Kind regards, Keiko --------------------------------------------- Keiko OKADA http://www.mitsue.co.jp ---------------------------------------------
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