- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 14:39:30 -0400 (EDT)
- To: jaap van lelieveld <Jaap.van.Lelieveld@inter.nl.net>
- cc: w3c-wai-ui@w3.org, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Hi, The url for this document returns an invalid message. is it me just clicking on it I also tried putting it in by hand. Thanks! On Sun, 5 Apr 1998, jaap van lelieveld wrote: > During the LA UA meeting we started a discusion on what tasks > should be done by the screen reader and what tasks should > be done by the browser. > There it was not the place and not the time to extend this > discussion. I expected some more arguments on this here. > Since they did not come up to now ... I'd like to start this discussion. > > It is my opinion you should - if possible - solve a problem only > once. > Since a browser is only one of the appication I run the screen readers > must give the intelligent suport needed anyway. > > Therefore ... do NOT implement non-browser specific reading requirements > in the browser. > - This will only complicate the browser, > - increase costs and/or wait time (before the browser is ready) > - Reduce the chance of rapid upgrades, > - increase the change of reading conflicts. > > For a discussion on general applications with screen reader > features and intelligent screen reader features > please see my comments on: > http://www.inter.nl.net/users/jvleliev/ebutc.htm > > If you do not agree ... please let me know. > > Best regards, > Jaap > > Message from: Jaap van Lelieveld The Netherlands > Chairman of EBU commission on Technical Devices and Services > E-mail: Jaap.van.Lelieveld@inter.nl.net > > USING: YARN V0.92 as an offline reader, and > UQWK / OLMENU under UNIX for mail and news transfer > Hands-On-Technolog(eye)s touching the internet voice: 1-(301) 949-7599 poehlman@clark.net ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://www.clark.net/pub/poehlman
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