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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