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

[Jude DaShiell]

You don't read the blind-l list where one of the other members wrote the 
head of Microsoft's accessibility division and asked if the 
accessibility division could do some work and get microsoft office 
accessible on the mac.  The response from Microsoft's Accessibility 
Division was that it wasn't allowed to tell other divisions how to write 
code.  That response happened due to over-arching Microsoft corporate 
policy.  That is why I wrote this was intentional on Microsoft's part.

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

> 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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> > Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?
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jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
Microsoft, windows is accessible. why do blind people need screen readers?