From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Martin Sent: 04 September 2008 23:33 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Google chrome... Accessibility coming very soon???
Hey guys... it is great that talk about accessibility and chrome has been raised - but I do think that we need to wait until it is out of beta. Cheers Adam -- Why? Accessibility can't just be bolted on afterwards - it needs to be designed in from the start. The fact that the application cannot be used with just a keyboard is criminally negligent - that's a fundamental requirement of any application. The simplicity of the UI means it should have been really easy, and the fact that the application is device-dependent suggests that accessibility isn't on their radar at all. The fact that keyboard-only users, screen reader users and others cannot use the browser at all means that they are entirely excluded from the beta phase, so it seems they will not be able to provide feedback until it goes gold, if it ever does. For an organisation with Google's resources this is totally unacceptable. Steve ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
