[Electronics-talk] safari on the PC can you?

[Christopher Chaltain]

Well, I don't think Microsoft is being hurt much by Safari not being 
accessible on Windows, so I'm not sure why Apple would retaliate against 
MS that way. The only people who suffer would be the blind, which is 
exactly why Safari should be accessible on Windows regardless of what MS 
applications are or are not accessible on Apple platforms. By your 
reasoning, iTunes shouldn't be accessible either. For that matter, since 
Windows Phone isn't accessible, the iPhone should also be inaccessible.

Why do you say MS Office is intentionally not accessible on Apple 
platforms? Are you saying that MS specifically coded MS Office to be 
inaccessible on Apple platforms and spent engineering dollars to build 
inaccessibility into MS Office? I would doubt that's the case myself. I 
think it's much more likely that MS just didn't make accessibility a 
high priority for the Apple ports of their office suite, just as Apple 
probably doesn't consider Safari accessibility on Windows to be a priority.

On 04/14/2013 11:07 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Yes you can put safari on a pc, and no you can't buy anything from the
> itunes store with it once you've done that.  Reason is, safari on
> windows is inaccessible.  I think it may be a reciprocity policy on
> Apple's part and if so, well deserved.  Microsoft office isn't
> accessible for VoiceOver users on the mac because of the way Microsoft
> wrote it.  So why should Safari be accessible on Windows?  This may not
> have been intentional on Apple's part but it most certainly is
> intentional on the part of Microsoft.
>
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2013, Mike wrote:
>
>>                  Can you put safari on a pc & if yes can you surf the itunes
>> store & buy apps?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mike
>>
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> jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
> Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?
>
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