On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 11:25 +0000, Jonathon Blake wrote: > > a) The issue is not creating the documents, but being able to find > the tools to create the documents. > b) If the menu contains every option that the icons have, then the > icons are irrelevant to a11y.
Point is that both Sun and IBM have a lot of expertise in accessibility. There is also expertise in the community. All this is new and development takes time but this development will take place. Even if it takes longer than the 2007 deadline, Ma already said they will delay implementing the policy so its all a storm in a teacup. MS XML-implementation as a default file format is not available, neither is a Jaws replacement for OOo. I think both of these things will happen, probably not at the same time. However Ma is a good test base to find out all the arguments against and get them addressed. Even if a Jaws replacement was a showstopper at this point of time its not that big a deal because the work will get done if its that big a priority and the price differential for disabled people will be huge between an Open Source solution and the current proprietary offering. It'll probably end up "good bye Freedom Scientific" as a side-effect of the main thrust if indeed they are over-priced. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
