- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net>
- Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 14:49:30 -0400
- To: <thatch@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
aloha, thatch! please, don't worry about not answering my questions earlier -- i am simply glad that you took my note as it was intended: as a nudge, and definitely not a nose-tweak! you bring up 2 interesting points: first, that -- as regards its interaction with HPR -- quote Netscape is closer in concept to the a protocol (HTTP) for HPR than it is a user interface.unquote yet, as intriguing as that line of thought may be, i would, however, like to discuss the second point you raised in a bit more detail... you noted that, in HPR's default configuration, synchronization with the Netscape view is set to OFF... while i admit that most HPR users may never change the default setting, there are definitely feasible slash probable scenarios where one can envision a blind user changing the setting so as to work with sighted colleagues, to teach sighted colleagues about the web, to illustrate a point to a web or intranet development team, etc. but that isn't really the gist of my concern... what concerns me is that the "graphical view", which HPR is capable of importing from Netscape is available to the user... therefore, it seems only logical that, since the graphical rendering of a document is available upon demand, the presentation of the graphical view should be governed by the UI-related checkpoints... as for the issue of upon whose shoulders the responsibility for ensuring that the "graphical view" is compliant, i suppose that that is something that needs to be worked out between IBM SNS and Netscape... thanks again for helping us work out this issue -- speaking personally, i have found your insights to be quite valuable in my own evaluation of the UAGL... gregory. At 10:33 AM 9/1/99, Jim Thatcher wrote: >Sorry Gregory that your questions didn't get answered. HPR cannot run without >Netscape and HPR cannot be adapted for IE or Opera or anything else. Yes we >allow users to view Netscape, but in the default configuration (synchronization >off) that would not be interesting because only the starup page would be there. >Netscape is closer in concept to the a protocol (HTTP) for HPR than it is a >user interface. -------------------------------------------------------- He that lives on Hope, dies farting -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1763 -------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net> President, WebMaster, & Minister of Propaganda, VICUG NYC <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/> --------------------------------------------------------
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