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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Mar 8, 2016 1:48PM

There is a related version of this problem for websites using server
side accessibility solutions such as Sitecues or server side
text-to-speech solutions.
There is nothing wrong with these products, or using them as
components of making your website accessible; even remarkable for
people with disabilities.
But when people think that implementing and testing with these
solutions alone substitutes accessibility testing, that is bad for
accessibility.
Cheers
-B



On 3/8/16, Donna Jones < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Is there a particular question with the paragraph?
>>
>> What it is saying, essentially, is that I (for example) create my
>> web-browser: KBrowse (I hope that's not a real browser!). I customize
>> my website to work /really, really,/ well within KBrowse, and let people
>> know that if they want the "full experience on my site," they should
>> download KBrowse. Up to here, I'm actually okay.
>>
>> The problem starts when I muddle with what visitors see in any other
>> browser - that is, I intentionally make my website look bad, in an
>> attempt to force people to download KBrowse in order to partake of my
>
> Thanks Kelly and Greg. i understand it better now but the paragraph
> does make it sound like there is a current, egregious happening of this
> and apparently there isn't, or someone would have talked about it. it
> was confusing to me, mainly, for that reason. i'm gonna copy the
> paragraph again, just for the reference of it.
>
> from here: http://webaim.org/articles/pour/robust. 2nd paragraph, the
> end of paragraph
>
> <copy>
> One of the most noticeable exceptions to this general trend is found
> in web sites owned by companies which develop their own browsers.
> They think that they can persuade people to use their company's
> browser if they create lesser versions of web content for all other
> brands of browsers. While this may be an effective marketing
> technique, it is not a good accessibility technique.</copy>
>
> best
> Donna
>
>
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> The inability to pronounce a chemical ingredient is not an argument
> against it.
> > > > >


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