- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 15:58:59 -0500
- To: Cathy Laws <claws@us.ibm.com>, Glenn Gordon <gleng@hj.com>, Fraser Shein <fshein@bloorviewmacmillan.on.ca>, Hans Riesebos <HRiesebos@alva-bv.nl>, Doug Geoffray <doug@gwmicro.com>, Aaron Smith <aaron@gwmicro.com>, Ben Weiss <bweiss@aisquared.com>
- Cc: ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
The following questions are important to the W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines working group [1] in determining if its requirements for user agents to communicate rendering and user interface information to assistive technologies reflect the current and future needs of assistive technology developers. Please send your responses to our public mailing list at: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org. If you would like your comments to remain confidential you can send them to me at jongund@uiuc.edu. Please indicate the responses that best match your companies current and future strategy, and feel free to add any comments you feel would clarify your intent. Thank you for your help and support. Please contact myself or Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) if you have any questions on the survey or the activities of the working group. Jon ================================= Question 1. Which of the following techniques do you currently use or plan to use to access and process Web content for alternative or enhanced rendering for people with disabilities? a. Natively parse source HTML b. Use the DOM implemented by the user agent (i.e. Internet Explorer) c. Use accessibility APIs associated with the user agent (i.e active accessibility or Java Accessibility API) d. Other (please describe) e. Don't provide an alternative rendering ================================= Question 2. Which of the following techniques do you currently use or plan to use to control ? a. Use the DOM activate author supplied controls (i.e. Internet Explorer) b. Use accessibility APIs associated with the user agent (i.e active accessibility or Java Accessibility API) c. Other (please describe) d. Don't provide an alternative input ================================= Question 3. Are you familiar with the W3C Document Object Module (DOM)? a. Yes b. No ================================= Question 4. If yes to question 3, are you familiar with APIs you can use to access the DOM implementations of current user agents (i.e. Microsoft implementation of the DOM in IE 4.x/5.x)? a. Yes b. No ================================= Question 5. If yes to question 3 and 4, do you think the DOM will meet your needs for access to Web content? a. 100% b. 90-95% c. 75-90% d. Will not meet needs e. Not sure ================================= Question 6. If yes to question 4 and 5, how complex and resource intensive is it to use the DOM to access Web content? a. High b. Medium c. Low d. Do not know ================================= Question 7. Indicate which of the following resources would help you in using or deciding to use the DOM for accessing Web content. Respond to each question with a yes, no or don't know. a. Demonstration code? b. Web based tutorial materials on DOM capabilities and programming examples? c. Face-to-face workshop on DOM capabilities and programming examples? d. Access to people with expertise in DOM capabilities and programming? e. Open ended question for you to indicate any other resources that would help you? ================================== [1] http://www.w3.org/wai/ua 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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