My wife is also a teacher, and fortunately for us we live in an area of the world that advocates Linux and FOSS.
The district here was even previously discussed on./ [Link]
Not all teachers are obstacles, like not all programmers sit in their basement in the dark eating corn chips and guzzling pop while programming.
I don't know if I can agree with it being easier. While there is facilities to do so (using Flash as my reference), reading over the Flash 8 Accessibility Design Guidelines documentation from Adobe has provided some interesting results.
A lot of these things are the same as practices used in (x)html/css and I don't know if one would perform better than the other. What I do know is that if a site is designed with accessibility in mind, everyone wins. It is very apparent that the designer/developer MUST be well informed/trained to get these issues resolved. As an example, I took a Flash 8 training course (at University) about a year ago, and accessibility was never mentioned. NOw this seems more like a problem with the school, but how many other courses and schools have the same issue?
I think what it really comes down to is what your preferences are as a deployment platform, and how you can do the best job to get you product accessible to everyone.
It is nice to finally know that these products do support some level of accessibility.
I am still this (near) anti-Intel zealot. I don't specifically dislike their products, I just know I can get the same or better performance for less money buying an AMD product. The last Intel based chip I owned was a Pentium Pro 200. (which I think was a great processor for it's time)
When motherboard manufacturers quit supporting AMD chips is probably when we can start worrying.
I'm not sure about Silverlight's ability to conform to accessibility standards. Are not all American Government websites required to be accessible? I mean, I know a site can have different entry points for different browsers and accessibility levels, but doesn't this seem very counter productive?
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My wife is also a teacher, and fortunately for us we live in an area of the world that advocates Linux and FOSS. The district here was even previously discussed on ./ [Link]
Not all teachers are obstacles, like not all programmers sit in their basement in the dark eating corn chips and guzzling pop while programming.
I don't know if I can agree with it being easier. While there is facilities to do so (using Flash as my reference), reading over the Flash 8 Accessibility Design Guidelines documentation from Adobe has provided some interesting results. A lot of these things are the same as practices used in (x)html/css and I don't know if one would perform better than the other. What I do know is that if a site is designed with accessibility in mind, everyone wins. It is very apparent that the designer/developer MUST be well informed/trained to get these issues resolved. As an example, I took a Flash 8 training course (at University) about a year ago, and accessibility was never mentioned. NOw this seems more like a problem with the school, but how many other courses and schools have the same issue? I think what it really comes down to is what your preferences are as a deployment platform, and how you can do the best job to get you product accessible to everyone. It is nice to finally know that these products do support some level of accessibility.
I am still this (near) anti-Intel zealot. I don't specifically dislike their products, I just know I can get the same or better performance for less money buying an AMD product. The last Intel based chip I owned was a Pentium Pro 200. (which I think was a great processor for it's time)
When motherboard manufacturers quit supporting AMD chips is probably when we can start worrying.
I'm not sure about Silverlight's ability to conform to accessibility standards. Are not all American Government websites required to be accessible? I mean, I know a site can have different entry points for different browsers and accessibility levels, but doesn't this seem very counter productive?