- From: Steven Dale <sdale@stevendale.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 17:32:57 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <mikba@microsoft.com>
- Cc: <sdale@stevendale.com>, <foliot@wats.ca>, <accessys@smart.net>, <Kurt_Mattes@bankone.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Mike Barta said: > > I would disagree here. A web page can be a document, it can just as > easily be an application. If we consider that page == file then the > point is well made, but if page == URI then the browser, while being > capable of displaying simple files, can be seen as an output device for > whatever lives at that URI. > The key phrase here is output device, it is an interface or document for getting or sending information. It is not, on the client side, a program. > As a guideline we need to recommend practices for making accessible > experiences for both of these cases by not limiting our focus to a > single technology, e.g. html, but to any technology used for URI > addressable 'content'. > I think we need to make the Web accessible as a document or interface medium. I think we need to make networked programs (TCP/IP not HTTP) that have user interfaces other than a browser accessible as well. -Steve
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