- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:38:19 -0600
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Ian, I am not sure I like the word operating system since it seems a little broad in scope. I think I would rather see workding like: device driver or system resources limitations People should be able to over come most operating system limitations, but system services would be much more difficult. Jon At 01:47 PM 1/15/00 -0500, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Hello, > >I propose adding the following clause to the definition >of applicability: > >A checkpoint applies to a user agent unless: > > [other cases] > > - It cannot be satisfied due to hardware or operating > system limitations. > >This would cover the case, for example, of changes to font family >on a device where there is only one font family available. It >would also, I believe, cover the case of operating >system conventions when no conventions exist on that system. > > - Ian >-- >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs >Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 >Cell: +1 917 450-8783 Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services 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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