web browsing and section 508 under linux

[Sean McMahon]

One clarification on this thread, 508 applies to governmental agencies and those
which recieve federal funding.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen at shellworld.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 8:16 PM
Subject: Re: web browsing and section 508 under linux


>
>   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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