- From: Nick Kew <nick@webthing.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 06:13:48 +0100 (BST)
- To: Ian Anderson <lists@zstudio.co.uk>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Ian Anderson wrote: > > Hi Nick > > sorry - long post... That's OK, I don't think we really have major disagreements. > > On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Ian Anderson wrote: > > > > What compelling reason could there be to have stats of this > type? I can > > > > think of some that have nothing to do with the web but none that > do. > > I think you're attributing those words to me in error. Only if you're unfamiliar with quoting conventions, which clearly (to me) show that you were quoting someone else. > common way to decide which way to jump. I'm not talking about > excluding anyone, but I *am* talking about quality of user experience. OK, sounds sensible. > JAWS isn't popular because it's the most expensive, it's popular > presumably because it's good and people judge it worth the money. I couldn't comment on JAWS itself, but I have to disagree profoundly with the underlying principle there. In the real world, popularity of software products has a lot more to do with effective marketing departments than with quality. > I presume mod_accessibility is an Apache module, or PHP? It's a module. PHP would cripple it, and be (by comparison) hopelessly slow. > The server > environment in question cannot use either of these. That would not be an issue if you deploy it on a proxy. > I am not familiar > with the properties of this mod, and I'm not sure I agree with the > idea of tailoring output for different screen readers. It looks like > you're contradicting yourself against your earlier points. Perhaps you > can elucidate what you mean here? The point is precisely that it presents different presentation options to end-users, so they get the choice. t's not tailored to specific browsers: it puts the emphasis on accessibility and usability, sometimes at the expense of presentation. But the key is user empowerment through choice. http://apache.webthing.com/mod_accessibility/ -- Nick Kew Nick's manifesto: http://www.htmlhelp.com/~nick/
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