Indeed, it was screen readers I was advocating for. <div>Seems that despite legislation, access to technology for the disabled is pretty low priority for a lot of people. </div><div>That said (and like Martin said), it's up to the users who are disadvantaged by AJAX sites that don't degrade well to complain.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 July 2011 14:20, Richard Hodgson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rich@dearinternet.com">rich@dearinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Back when I designed websites, I tended to used elinks to get an idea of how well the site would work with audio readers designed for those with sight issues.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 14:18, Dan Caseley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan@caseley.me.uk" target="_blank">dan@caseley.me.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I'm a software tester, and I'm only <i>just</i> coming to terms with letting developers off with sites that don't work with Lynx.<div>
<br></div><div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On 27 July 2011 12:40, Jason Irwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jasonirwin73@gmail.com" target="_blank">jasonirwin73@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>Well, I got a reply. They have suggested that I downgrade to FF3.6 as<br>
they do not support FF5 on any operating system. They seriously expect<br>
people to downgrade their systems just to use their site? Someone call<br>
Steve Jobs! Cancel the iPad2 as Parcelforce have not certified it!<br>
Tell HTC to scrap all future production until they are Parcelforce verified!<br>
<br>
Attached (hope it comes through) is the cheery little message one gets<br>
if one dares to use anything that is not full-fat Windows or a<br>
Parcelforce approved browser.<br>
<br>
I know that there are many browsers out there and I know perfectly well<br>
that they can have quirks/incompatibilities and I understand that they<br>
cannot test on every OS/browser combination (I certainly can't). I<br>
normally know the browser I need to support (mostly do Intranet stuff);<br>
I develop in FF and then test in the target browser (usually IE6). If I<br>
have time, I'll test on Opera and Safari too (not w3m or Lynx, sorry).<br>
I would never, ever go back to the bad-old days of "Best viewed with..."<br>
like Parcelforce are doing, and certainly not for a site that is<br>
public-facing. Being openly hostile to approx 25% of potential clients<br>
is just bloody stupid.<br>
<br>
I hardly know where to begin with this, their gall is staggering. Or<br>
maybe I just need to take a chill-pill...<br>
<br>
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<font color="#888888">Jason Irwin<br>
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