- From: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:19:32 -0800
- To: 'Ramón Corominas' <listas@ramoncorominas.com>, "'Karen Lewellen'" <klewellen@shellworld.net>
- Cc: "'W3C WAI ig'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, "'David Woolley'" <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>, "'Steve Green'" <steve.green@testpartners.co.uk>, "'Harry Loots'" <harry.loots@ieee.org>
Ramón Corominas wrote: > Karen wrote: > > > If a person cannot use some technology for physical reasons, they > should > > not be told to just get modern, and yes this can happen. > > Could you please provide an example in the context of this thread? Yep. Seems to me that if you have the physical capacity to use Lynx or e-links you have the ability to use Firefox as well. How is it different? (Note, there is a difference between wanting to use a specific tool, and needing to use a different tool, and as long as you have the capability to use the other tool, you cannot claim as your defense that you don't *want* to use that tool - access is a partnership between both parties, and both parties need to be prepared to meet in the middle somewhere). > > > not allowing room on the highway even if a person wants to walk is > like > > not cleaning the sidewalk because a few people own handheld snow > > blowers...which would shut down a walking city like New York. > > > I love the transportation metaphore (thanks, John!). > > Highways have room for people to walk only in case of emergency, but > you > are not allowed to walk in a normal situation. Bikes or horses are not > allowed to enter a highway. If you want to use the highway, there are > free modern cars available that you can use. You cannot complain > because > you decide to only use a bicycle. Exactly my point Ramón, and further, that restriction to riding a bike or horse on the freeway applies to everyone, not just people with disabilities. It is an equal access restriction that applies to all. Ditto the need for a JavaScript compliant browser - the website is not discriminating based upon a specific disability, but rather on the end users choice of technology. To date we have exactly zero evidence that anyone is unable to use a JS-compliant browser, only that at least one user wants to use their preferred browser, which happens to not support JavaScript. JF
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