- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 15:13:54 -0500
- To: Dick Brown <dickb@microsoft.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Dick, Thanks for your comment. I think this is a good idea. What do other people think? Jon At 04:01 PM 6/7/00 -0700, you 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. > >Dick Brown >Program Manager, Web Accessibility >Microsoft Corp. >http://www.microsoft.com/enable/ > > > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services MC-574 College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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