web browsing and section 508 under linux

[Karen Lewellen]

  Go ahead, I am really interested in your opinion on this given you are
  actively involved with some of the process.
  It seems so unreasonable just from a majority standpoint.   depending on who
  you ask 80% of the blindness population is unemployed,  and the cost of the
  jfw setup, including all of the additional scripting you may have to pay for
  is astronomical.  add to this that the price of other products, window eyes,
  windows-bridge are far mor reasonable, and require less scripting to achieve
  a like affect, if not a better one.  That is of course assuming you want
  graphical at all.  How many people  even in  that small 20% market  are using
  dos under those windows setups?
  Likewise the Internet in general could be seen as a tool used by the average,
  say that 80% as an door through which they can educate and expand their
  professional options,  much like a library.
  Additionally, even governmental compliance works for the majority, with the
  least common denominator serving as the rule.  This should translate into
  text, or text plus Javascript as with eLinks, or if graphics 
are included into the most available, most cost efficient level that puts the
  majority at a even point.  JFW is hardly suitable as such a model.
  This is why I find the stance of the freedom box people, and I just cannot
  believe they did not want people to think of FS with that name, given how
  inappropriate it is for a browser, when they choose not to make their product
  work with lynx.  Lynx is where the 80% of your market is starting, why not
  give them the tools to appreciate your product and let them want to pay for
  it because it works for them, then charge for the browser that is already not
  working at the level of most of your market.
  This is a bit of a tangent, but echos the same point.  Given where the
  audience is standing, it is unrealistic to make that gap wider.
  By the way, indeed 508 is for the moment a governmental standard, but as the
  first post in this thread illustrates, the private sector is likely to look
  at the established standard before creating one of their own.
  for example the folks stuck with faulty Microsoft products, even if they do
  not do the job etc.
  So do share your opinion here?
I have my own ideas, but welcome yours educated to be sure.
  Karen

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