- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 19:18:08 -0400
- To: Dick Brown <dickb@microsoft.com>
- CC: "'w3c-wai-ua@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
Dick Brown wrote: > > The User Agent guidelines currently define user agent in this way: > > "A user agent is an application that retrieves and renders Web content, > including text, graphics, sounds, video, images, and other content types." > > I propose we expand that definition to say (new text between asterisks): > > "A user agent is an application *or operating system component* that > retrieves and renders Web content, including text, graphics, sounds, video, > images, and other content types." > > Why the change? There are technologies that Microsoft does not consider > applications, but rather part of the operating system, that wouldn't be > covered by the User Agent guidelines under the current definition. > > Obviously, the OS vs. application issue has received some attention outside > the scope of the WAI, and while I am not prepared to discuss that issue in > detail, I hope we can agree on the broader definition. What if we change "application or operating system component" to "software"? - Ian -- 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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