I'm curious to know why--when accessibility is so key to what the Open Source movement is about--so many OS web applications are not accessible? Often they don't even use valid or consistent mark-up.
It's clear to me from the reading I've done, that some really basic steps towards accessibility can be addressed with valid mark-up and thoughtful use of the attributes of the tags we already have. How would it be possible to 'educate' OS developers or make this a priority when building apps?
It often seems that items like 'accessibility' and 'usability' fall to the bottom of the task list, from version to version... I don't think that OS developers understand that there's a direct relation between usable and accessible applications and popular applications.
Of course, I'm one to talk, I'm not a developer and love the work that you guys do... but, nonetheless, I'm stunned how so many OS web applications don't even have a DOCTYPE declaration.
I'm not too clear on the technology... but for a while there was big talk in our City (Toronto) about Look Communications implementing High-Speed Wireless Multipoint. Supposedly, all that was required was a relatively unobstructed line of site.
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I'm curious to know why--when accessibility is so key to what the Open Source movement is about--so many OS web applications are not accessible? Often they don't even use valid or consistent mark-up.
It's clear to me from the reading I've done, that some really basic steps towards accessibility can be addressed with valid mark-up and thoughtful use of the attributes of the tags we already have. How would it be possible to 'educate' OS developers or make this a priority when building apps?
It often seems that items like 'accessibility' and 'usability' fall to the bottom of the task list, from version to version... I don't think that OS developers understand that there's a direct relation between usable and accessible applications and popular applications.
Of course, I'm one to talk, I'm not a developer and love the work that you guys do... but, nonetheless, I'm stunned how so many OS web applications don't even have a DOCTYPE declaration.
My three cents + one question,
smitherz.
I'm not too clear on the technology... but for a while there was big talk in our City (Toronto) about Look Communications implementing High-Speed Wireless Multipoint. Supposedly, all that was required was a relatively unobstructed line of site.
What say you???