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From: Giovanni Duarte
Date: Feb 13, 2012 7:51AM

Interesting topic about HTML5, the future, and current constraints...
I have heard from coworkers and managers that accessibility basically
translates to "simplicity" and lack of innovation. People is usually under
the assumption that accessibility and innovation can't go hand to hand. I
completely understand the need to provide support (as much as we can) to
those with older technologies; however, isn't this preventing us to
innovative and be more creative? For example, we can't keep supporting
Internet Explorer 6 anymore due to the technologies we use in our
institution. If we try to support IE6, we won't be able to implement more
than half of our technologies and benefit all the population.

All I am saying is that we need to find a balance so we can benefit everyone
without compromising the need of innovation and creativity.

Thanks,
Giovanni