- From: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:57:14 -0400
- To: <w3c-wai-wg@w3.org>
I believe that the best way to "sell" HTML accessibility solutions is to include guidelines, examples and "What is this for?"-type contextual material in the major HTML authoring tools. This will be especially effective if the material included is integrated with automated tools that take care of formatting and leave the author to worry about writing meaningful and helpful content. It is not enough that there are web sites (usually off the beaten track) that include authoring guidelines, accessibility checks, and text-only reformaters. To be effective these tools have to be included with the authoring tools or at the very least within major site building areas such as Microsoft's. In addition, extra-cost access solutions such as LONGDESC should not be made required because any popular browser that ceased to display images without proper text would probably be overtaken by its competitors that ignored the change. Jan Richards jan.richards@utoronto.ca (416) 946-3001 Adaptive Technology Resource Centre University of Toronto
Received on Tuesday, 16 September 1997 10:56:16 UTC