LYNX-DEV some feedback from another mailing list

[Laura Eaves]

> From address@hidden Wed May 21 09:45:49 1997
> Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 08:38:55 -0500
> Sender: address@hidden
> From: Janina Sajka <address@hidden>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Re[4]: MSIE bug or what?
>
>  > BTW, IE is not the only program that moves among links with one set of 
>  > keys, and moves the link pointer with different keys, starting from 
>  > someplace that may be off-screen.  Minuet's web browser works this 
>  > way.  This doesn't take Minuet out of the running; its lack of support 
>  > for modern HTML does.  
>  >
>  > Lynx is still a great web browser, under DOS or Win 95. It has 
>  > probably unduly shaped blind people's expectations of how a browser 
>  > "ought to work".
>  >
>
> I find it hard to accept this kind of "access." Requiring one user to 
> execute two 'find' operations simply to select a link -- which other 
> users achieve with a simple mouse gesture -- strikes me as outrageous. 
> Accessible? Well, yes, because you can achieve the goal. Usable? Hardly.
>
> Frankly, I'm one of the people spoiled by Lynx. Nobody touches Lynx for 
> usability, imho, not even WebSpeak. But I see no reason why a Lynx 
> level of usability should be an undue expectation of any so-called 
> accessible browser.
>  
>                               Janina Sajka, Director
>                               Information Systems Department
>                               American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
>  
> address@hidden

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