- From: Patrick Lauke <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:10:59 -0000
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Accessys@smart.net > the "most common" etc etc is the same excuse used to exclude disabled people in the past. it cost's no more to write correct code than it does to write messed up code. We're in agreement on this. However, it's not possible to TEST that all platforms and all ATs correctly implement the correctly written code. And there's the rub. And, with limited budget/time/availability of testers/etc, it's simply unrealistic that a test regime that covers all possible configurations / situations can be set up. So you rely on things written to standards. Interesting though that WCAG 2 will be more permissive than the USA ADA in that case, as anything to do with Flash accessibility, for instance, doesn't work under EMACspeak I assume, while WCAG 2 would define it as "accessibility supported". Interesting times ahead then... P ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Web Editor Enterprise & Development University of Salford Room 113, Faraday House Salford, Greater Manchester M5 4WT UK T +44 (0) 161 295 4779 webmaster@salford.ac.uk www.salford.ac.uk A GREATER MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY
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