they put forth standards and specifications in oorder to solve problems.
if there were no specs, we'd be in more of a pickle than we are now.
How many html 4.01 specs are not implemented?  how many 4.0?

as for the wai, they are asking that specks be followed in order that
when support is available, they will be ready.  short of spelling out of
not using achronyms and abreviations, the best you can do right now is
make sure they are explained somewhere.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rosemary Ernst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: acronym and abbr tags don't seem to work in JAWS


On Thu, 3 May 2001 15:16:14 -0600, Jim Rebman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>>Hmmm... So there is not even one browser that can read these tags??
I'm
>>checking with IE 5.5.
>
>The Opera browser may support one or more of these tags (I'm fairly
sure it
>supports longdesc).  I really question how useful any tag that isn't
>universally supported is, and I wish either W3C or the vendors would
come
>to some kind of resolution of this issue soon, but that is probably
just a
>pipe dream.
>
>JAWS and IE 5.5 is a powerful and popular combination (I use it myself
much
>of the time), but to test with only this combination will almost
certainly
>lead to undetected problems with other screen reader/browser
combinations.
>
>-- Jim
>
>------------------------------
>James A. Rebman
>
>Cognitive Levers Project
>Center for Life-Long Learning and Design
>Department of Computer Science
>University of Colorado, Boulder
>
>"In times of change, the learners will inherit the earth while the
learned
>will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer
exists."
>
>- Eric Hoffer

Just to clarify, I'm not building for one scenario or browser. I am just
continually astounded at the W3C's persistence in putting forth design
standards that are not functional. It seems like the cart before the
horse
to me. As a web designer, I'm supposed to use this new language they
made
up, just hoping someone will be able to understand it some day??!!