[NLedu] Researching accessibility of Silverlight-based websites

[Jan Verlaan]

Hello all,

following this topic from the beginning and notice a focus to blame MS more and more.
The campagne is not started specifically to bash MS and his products. In principal users must have the choice to use every system, including MS.
The campagne is started to force the (education)marked to comply on Open Standards resulting in no student, teacher, parent is locked out of the education building despite which system the user uses.
Please focus on using Open Standards and the disadvantages if not using them, do not focus on bashing MS. That's done into the past already many times unsuccessfully.

The main request of this topic is "Researching accessibility of Silverlight-based websites".
See http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/ for the accessiblity guidlines and an checklist on http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html
To be able to check one should have access to a silverlight webapplication. Unfortunately I haven't.

jm2c, Jan

Op 25 nov 2011, om 12:40 heeft Kees Epema het volgende geschreven:

> Hello Karsten, all,
> 
> We are using the accessibility - not the ability argument. 
> The ability argument is interesting I think, because it enables us to view the open-standards issue from another perspective.
> 
> When we emphasize MS not being able to find a technical solution for getting their products working cross-browser and cross-platform, we have a very strong argument.
> 
> MS can't contradict it by saying "Yes we are technically able to make Silverlight cross-platform" because it raises the question "So why don't you do it?"
> I think MS can't reply "Well we just want to frustrate free software users, so that they migrate to MS products" 
> 
> They alternative is MS admitting they can't produce it.
> 
> In my opinion this is a simple but very powerful argument to convince doubters and non-experts that are in a decision-making position.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Kees Epema
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> 2011/11/25 Karsten Gerloff <gerloff at fsfeurope.org>
> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 12:07:24PM +0100, Kees Epema wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > What would you all think of the *ability* argument?
> >
> > Statement:
> > Microsoft is with its product Silverlight technical not able to adapt its
> > technology to other platforms.
> 
> do you mean other operating systems? Other browsers?
> 
> > The government should choose a vendor that is able to comply with
> > cross-platform technical standards.
> 
> Aren't we already using this argument? There's a policy to that
> effect in the Netherlands, after all...
> 
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> 
> Best regards,
> Karsten
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