- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 16:02:20 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Hello, As part of resolving issue 232 [1], I'd like to propose the following text for the section on conformance to explain which user agents this document is meant for. Please note that the abstract of the document already discusses which user agents these guidelines are meant to address. <BLOCKQUOTE> Which user agents may conform This document has been designed to promote the accessibility of general-purpose graphical user agents. While many of the principles set forth in this document apply to other classes of user agents, including assistive technologies, many of the checkpoints do not. As the number of applicable checkpoints decreases for a piece of software, the likelihood increases that the guidelines are not an accurate gauge of the accessibility of that piece of software. Therefore, while assistive technologies and other specialized user agents obviously promote accessibility, they are not expected to conform (for instance, because they offer a single output mode such as speech, or they do not make available information through APIs) because they are not general purpose user agents. This document will help assistive technology developers understand what functionalities and communication an accessible general purpose user agent should provide. </BLOCKQUOTE> - Ian [1] http://cmos-eng.rehab.uiuc.edu/ua-issues/issues-linear.html#232 -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 831 457-2842 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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