- From: david poehlman <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:22:36 -0400
- To: "John M Slatin" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>, "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
jaws does support netscape 4.x up to a point. That was my point though, were jaws a user agent, we wouldn't be asking how it wold work with this or that user agent. Johnnie Apple Seed ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M Slatin" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu> To: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@handsontechnologeyes.com>; "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>; <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 4:07 PM Subject: RE: Layout versus data tables proposal for null summary attribute david poehlman asked: <q>I wonder how jaws with netscape would handle this.</q> John replies: JAWS with Netscape would blow it completely. JAWS doesn't support Netscape (or Mozilla, or Firefox, or Opera. Neither does Window-Eyes. Neither does HAL.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk> To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 3:33 PM Subject: Re: Layout versus data tables proposal for null summary attribute Arguably it's IE that is the user agent, as it retrieves and renders the content. Patrick John M Slatin wrote: > : david poehlman wrote: > <blockquote> > jaws is not a user agent but summary="" does effectively hid the fact > that summary is coded in. > </blockquote> > > JAWS meets the second definition of "user agent" in the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0: > > <blockquote cite="http://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG10/glossary.html#def-user-agent"> > ... > 2. Any software that retrieves and renders Web content for users. This > may include Web browsers, media players, plug-ins, > and other programs - including assistive technologies - that help in retrieving and rendering Web content. > </blockquote> > > John > > > > -- _____________________________________________________ re*dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com
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