On Oct 7, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Joseph Selbie wrote: > I have to disagree. Even if there had been complete and well > implemented > standards for all the elements that go into AJAX (which their weren't) > reader developers would still not have been able to anticipate how > innovative developers put AJAX to use. And who knows what the next > AJAX will > be...
That's true enough. Which points to the larger problem: Real accessibility will only come from Apple and Microsoft, as they have to solve the interaction problem at the OS and hardware level. It's not a problem either the browsers makers, third party software deveopers nor people who make web based product will be able to solve elegantly without base level OS and hardware support. Computers were made and are entirely based on vision and the use of a keyboard +mouse. While that condition stays true, all matters of accessibility on the computer will be a kludge. Once Apple and MS solve the problem for real, everything that is created on top of it becomes accessible from this. > (Andrei, I think you misunderstood my point #1 below. I was saying > that > readers lag behind for the same *reasons* that utilities lag behind > -- not > in any way *because* utilities lag behind.) Got it. That makes sense. I did misunderstand your point -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Guidelines ............ http://beta.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://beta.ixda.org/help Unsubscribe ................ http://beta.ixda.org/unsubscribe Questions .................. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home ....................... http://beta.ixda.org
