[jQuery] Accessibility. Take it Seriously in Your Web Apps.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I like what
Yehuda has to say. I think we as a society have a responsibility to look
out for those who are weaker and more needy, especially if we have the means
too – which we do.<o:p></o:p></span></font>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>With that in
mind, we also need to be practical. If we spent our time trying to make
everything in life accessible, we wouldn’t find much time for other
important things and our businesses may suffer.<o:p></o:p></span></font>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>That’s
why we must find a balance. Both the courts, the disabled, and designers
need to be patient and gracious with each other. In time, these things
will come about, just as they have in public and commercial buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></font>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>-Isaac<o:p></o:p></span></font>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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discuss-bounces@jquery.com [mailto:discuss-bounces@jquery.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Yehuda Katz
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 11, 2006
7:46 AM
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">jQuery
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [jQuery]
Accessibility. Take it Seriously in Your Web Apps.</span></font><o:p></o:p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Or we could say, "As
a society, we will insist that people who are physically disabled be afforded a
minimal level of access to large, commercial or public areas." Disabled
people are human beings too, and if we can do something to ensure that those
who cannot do the things we take for granted can do them too, we'll be better
off in the long run.
Some of our greatest geniuses have been disabled, and we should not risk losing
another genius because they cannot operate at a minimal level in the new
information age.
-- Yehuda <font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font>
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