- From: Harvey Bingham <hbingham@acm.org>
- Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 22:58:11 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
At 2000-06-07 16:01-0700, Dick Brown wrote: Good idea. Is this broad enough to include special hardware and its software interface? >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/ Regards/Harvey Bingham
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