Thread Subject: Re: Proposal 21(b) Focus

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From: Peter Korn
Date: Mon, Nov 27 2006 1:40 PM

Hi Allen,

> Peter Korn wrote:
> "I wonder if it helps frame the issue by looking at a web browser as a
> "platform"."
>
> ...
>
> So should we consider what user-agent items should be developed that
> *must* be available to ensure some accessibility level based upon the
> other layers? If so, would this fall possibly in to a sub-portion of
> software/OS?
>
> For example a framework might be something like:
>
> When software is used to interpret and present (insert standards for web
> and other associated content streams), (insert requirement beyond other
> software requirements).

I like that sentence - it is a nice high-level summary of what needs to
happen. I think we must then follow it up with more measurable
specifics, and then further with specific examples - as per Gregg's
notion (the phrasing of which is lost to me at the moment) of
"sufficient techniques to meet the guidelines", which will likely be
OS/environment specific.

Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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