Possibly so, but is an architect being given the short straw by being required to include ramps and elevators in the design of a building? It has to be done because of the 'shortcomings" of my assistive technology, my wheelchair, that cannot climb stairs or levitate.
I agree that better browser features, CSS support, etc. should be "demanded." We do that by using better browsers ourselves and telling friends, relatives, etc. to do the same. Enough people switch to Firefox, Opera, or whatever, and Mr. Softy will eventually make improvements in IE. Of course, I'll have my levitating wheelchair before that happens... Christopher M. Kelly, Sr. (GM22) State Farm Insurance Companies - disAbility Support website: http://intranet.opr.statefarm.org/sysdisab/ phone: 309-763-7069 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:52 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] accessibilty and responsibility Hi all, I'm coming to this very much as a newbie, so be gentle with your response: I feel that, in many ways, we as web designers are getting the short straw by being asked to counteract the shortcomings of the browser/PC people, rather than the other way around. For example, Opera has a really great zoom feature (as we know) and I can't help feeling that there should be a push to 'demand' this of all browsers. It even works with Flash of course . .. . I haven't heard anything about work going on from this aspect of things (maybe I just don't know about it) but feel that if there isn't such work in progress there should be! What exactly is the position? I hope this isn't OT - I considered not because accessibility is a part of standards. Thanks for your thoughts, Bob McClelland, Cornwall (U.K.) www.gwelanmor-internet.co.uk ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
