and let's not forget the mac and linux platforms.  they may not have
been a force to reckon with in the past but they are now and growing.

You'll also want to have the new portables.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Hedgpeth" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: Web accessibility testing laboratory


I think you should be able to test the site with not only JFW and Window
Eyes, but you should test it with previous versions of these software
packages. For example JFW 3.7 and up. You might also include Dolphin if
it
has a fairly wide spread consumer base. Remember this is what web
designers
do with different browsers (i.e., Netscape and Internet Explorer). The
pains
a web designer goes through trying to get a website to work and display
in
an effective and attractive manner are great.


-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Anson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:19 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Web accessibility testing laboratory


       Alan,

       This touches on one of the common complaints of accessibility in
general:  is it enough to be accessible to *some* set of tools,  or
should you be accessible to a reasonable range to tools.
       For example, suppose that I design a website which is tailored to
the needs of a blind person who uses JAWS.  And suppose that some of the
features that I design for conflict with Window-Eyes. Is my site
accessible?
       It is accessible to my design audience, but not to the larger
population who may use other accessibility tools.

       With that in mind, I'd try to use accessibility standards rather
than any specific hardware or software tools. For example,  if a web
site meets all A and AA priorities of the W3C guidelines for web
content,  it should be considered accessible,  even if it doesn't work
with *all* tools for accessibility.

       Denis Anson, MS, OTR
       Computer Access Specialist
       College Misericordia
       301 Lake St.
       Dallas, PA 18612
       email: [log in to unmask]
       Phone: 570-674-6413


       > -----Original Message-----
       > From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
       > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan Cantor
       > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 1:50 PM
       > To: [log in to unmask]
       > Subject: Web accessibility testing laboratory
       >
       > Hello EASI Colleagues,
       >
       > If you were setting up a web testing accessibility laboratory,
what
       > hardware and software would you get?
       >
       > Alan
       >
       >
       >
       >
       > Alan Cantor
       > Project Manager
       > Strategic e-Government Implementation
       > e-Government, OCCS
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