- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:35:13 -0400
- To: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Cc: User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
aloha, dave! thanks for your valuable additions to my notes on installing IE5 using JFW 3.3 you are quite correct by summing up my verbosity, thus: quote The impression is given here that this is precarious at best but although bothersom, it is doable. unquote there is definite room for improvement, but installation of MSIE by a blind user using a screen reader is quite doable, especially if that user doesn't choose "custom install"... and, of course, the reason most users choose automatic installation when it is offered to them is that they trust the installation software to do what it is supposed to do -- install a new browser... unfortunately, when you leave the installation of a UA to the automated installation process, you may find that, once you exit the installation program, configurations have changed on your computer without either your knowledge or consent.... take for example, the installation of IE5 or the G2 edition of RealPlayer -- when they install themselves automatically, they can (depending upon the content of the executable being used, and users don't always have control over the executable available to them) seize control over the playback of all audio formats from the media players whose commands you know, which work well with your screen reader, and seamlessly with your software synthesizer -- none of which can be said to be true for their replacements, Windows Media Player 6.4 and RealPlayer6... and developers wonder why people aren't more quote conscientious unquote about upgrading their browsers... gregory. CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision. -- Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_ ----- Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net> Camera Obscura: <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html> VICUG NYC: <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/index.html> Read 'Em & Speak: <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/books/index.html>
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