Hi Janina, In the specific example about which we are discussing, well, I couldn't agree more. It should be possible to get Bank of America to fix it, especially if you frame it as a security issue rather than a accessibility or browser-compatibility issue... Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:43 AM Subject: Re: online banking with Bank of America: not quite accessible enough > Yes, Darrell, you are very correct when you say that we should not place > unreasonable demands. I couldn't agree more. > > So, is it unreasonable to insist that they actually test for encryption > in order to insure secure communications rather than inferring that > things must be OK if you show up at the door wearing the "right > browser?" > > In essence, it seems to me they're actually practicing dangerous > computing, not safe computing, by inferring security from bad data. > > > Darrell Shandrow writes: > > From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i at azboss.net> > > > > Hi Buddy, > > > > In the specific case of the Bank of America issue, you are all correct. It > > should be fixed to test the proper condition; Lynx can, indeed, support SSL! > > > > In more general terms, however, all I am saying is that it is critical not > > to place any unreasonable demands when it comes to accessibility. W3C > > standards are an excellent starting point as they are widely-recognized, > > international standards as far as they go. Web design software should, by > > its very function, generate W3C compliant code while the GUI user designs > > the pages for their web site. That could result in minimal-effort or > > zero-effort accessibility.> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
