- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:25:09 -0400
- To: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
- Cc: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
Philip Taylor (Webmaster) (17 sept. 2007 - 12:26) :
> Right, so where are the "different parties" in your phrase
> "the needs of implementers" ? The only parties I can find
> there are implementors -- what about the needs of
>
> o consumers
Are everyone else, Usually, products exist only because there are
consumers. If consumers are not satisfied, the products die.
> o designers
designers are implementers and consumers. They consume some products.
> o those with special accessibility needs
These are consumers too. The ethics goal of caring for them is a
noble goal, but is not very effective (unfortunately) in our society.
The goal is more that there is really a need to make business with
these users. Plus the fact it is easier to accommodate Web
technologies to people with special needs than in the physical world.
> and the vision/advice/expertise of
>
> o computer scientists
> o human factors engineers
> o psychologists
> o linguists
>
> and so on.
All of these are part of the product design (implementers).
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Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
W3C Conformance Manager, QA Activity Lead
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