- From: Kim Patch <kim@redstartsystems.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 12:41:09 -0400
- To: WAI-UA list <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <51965DA5.7030205@redstartsystems.com>
Greetings,
Jeanne I made some changes to the last section of the user agent
definition today -- /web view component/ -- please take a look below. We
also added examples. If anyone has good examples for the last section,
please suggest them.
Cheers,
Kim
user agent
A user agent is any software that retrieves, renders and facilitates
end user interaction with Web content. If the software only performs
these functions for time-based media, then the software is typically
referred to as a *media player*, otherwise, the more general
designation *browser* is used. UAAG 2.0 identifies several user
agent architectures:
stand-alone, non-web-based, browser: These user agents run on
non-Web platforms (operating systems and cross-OS platforms, such as
Java) and perform content retrieval, rendering and end-user
interaction facilitation themselves. (e.g. Firefox, IE, Chrome, Opera).
embedded user agent: These user agents "plug-in" to stand-alone user
agents in order to rendering and facilitate end-user interaction for
content types (e.g. multimedia), that the stand-alone user agent is
not able to (e.g. Quicktime, Acrobat Reader, Shockwave). Embedded
user agents establish direct connections with the platform (e.g.
communication via platform accessibility services)
web-based user agent: These user agents operate by (a) transforming
the web content into a technology that the stand-alone (or embedded)
user agent can render and (b) injecting the user agent's own user
interface functionality into the content to be rendered. (e.g.
Gmail, Facebook, Skype)
web view component, mobile app: These user agents are used to
package a constrained set of web content into non-web-based
applications, especially on mobile platforms. If the finished
application retrieves, renders and facilitates end-user interaction
with web content, then the application is a user agent. If the
finished application only renders non web content, then the
application is not a user agent for the purposes of UAAG 2.0
conformance.
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