- From: mark novak <menovak@facstaff.wisc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 16:28:22 -0500
- To: schwer@us.ibm.com
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
i may be missing something, if a UA supports this function, then I don't feel providing the ability to position a caption 'window' is any kind of developer burden. sorry to disagree At 3:43 PM 4/7/00, schwer@us.ibm.com wrote: >Because this is an undo burden on application developers. There is a great >number of requirements in our user agent guidelines. My concern is that if >we place an unrealistic burden on developers that we have difficulty >gaining compliance. Also, if we are too demanding then we will be ignored. >I would prefer to have this first round of User Agent guidelines accepted >and implemented ASAP and to have the developers feel good about having done >it. > >If nobody has done this particular requirement at all there is obviously a >reason for not doing it. My guess is that it was too difficult to implement >and that the payback was inadequate. > >Rich > > >Rich Schwerdtfeger >Lead Architect, IBM Special Needs Systems >EMail/web: schwer@us.ibm.com http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/rich.htm > >"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - >I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.", >Frost > > >menovak@facstaff.wisc.edu (mark novak) on 04/07/2000 09:48:24 AM > >To: Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org >cc: >Subject: Re: Second look at checkpoint 4.7 > > > >i'm unclear why we should wait for a reference implementation >and i'd also vote to leave the priority as is (e.g. P1) > > >At 7:29 PM 4/6/00, schwer@us.ibm.com wrote: >>Checkpoint 4.7 "allow the user to configure the position >>of...captions..." should be a priority 2 until a reference >>implementation is available. >> >>Rich >> >>Rich Schwerdtfeger >>Lead Architect, IBM Special Needs Systems >>EMail/web: schwer@us.ibm.com http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/rich.htm >> >>"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - >>I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.", >>Frost
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