From: "Jon Avila" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:40 PM
Subject: Netscape 6


> ----Old Dominion Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired----
>
>
> Hi all,
> I recently downloaded Netscape version 6 and found it to be horribly
> inaccessible.  Please try it for yourself and send them a message telling
> them why it is such a tragedy that they have created a browser that is
less
> accessible than version 4.5 was.  I truly believe they are backsliding.
> Encourage them to make a service pack to make version 6 accessible,
section
> 508 is certainly looming out there and they stand to lose a large portion
of
> the market.
> Many graphics in the GUI do not have tooltip or desciptive text.
> I could not get JAWS to speak even with the tab key.
> I have been told that alt tags do not get translated correctly on many
> webpages.
> The whole application appears to use the same windowclass.
>
> -Jon
>
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