Re: Newbie question: Section 508 and "full keyboard access" on Mac OS X
Re: Newbie question: Section 508 and "full keyboard access" on Mac OS X
- Subject: Re: Newbie question: Section 508 and "full keyboard access" on Mac OS X
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 10:14:13 -0400
on 03-09-01 8:43 AM, M. Uli Kusterer at email@hidden wrote:
>
keep in mind that Windows had its main focus on being
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keyboard-accessible from the get-go, because most PCs didn't have a
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mouse back in the Windows 3.1.1 days...
I remember it well! I was careful in my post to ask whether there are
Windows apps that fail to take full advantage of "all" Windows accessibility
features, such as they are....
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Section 508 (who came up with this name anyway?
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Is that some US legislation thing, or what?)
Yes. It's section 508 of the Workforce Employment Act of 1998, or something
like that.
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