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Re: accessible rotating image scripts?

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From: Geof Collis
Date: Jan 24, 2010 6:45AM

Perhaps it is the people who know what they are
talking about who should be contacting the
manufacturers not the end user who for the most
part doesn't have a clue why a web page sucks, just that it does


cheers

Geof

At 06:20 AM 1/24/2010, you wrote:
>Hear, hear. Sometimes I feel that coding for a specific browser has
>reached the next level where people are coding for a specific
>assistive device.
>
>The coding-for-a-browser age is coming to an end we need to prevent
>the same approach for assistive devices. Users of assistive devices
>need to put more pressure on the manufacturers and I would like to see
>more initiatives from the open source community to increase
>competition.
>
>Already way too much time is spent on testing with specific versions
>of assistive devices in some of the projects I have looked into.
>
>Regards,
>
>Peter
>
>
>
>On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 07:46, Christian Heilmann
> >
> > [Â…] isn't then maybe they
> > are too complacent with their monopoly in a market that *needs*
> > assistive technology. Microsoft was sued for making it impossibly hard
> > for their competition. Maybe it is time for this attitude to reach the
> > accessibility world, too.
>