[K12OSN] IE requirement

[Access Systems]

On Mon, 24 May 2004, Nakashima wrote:

> On Mon, 24 May 2004, Access Systems wrote:
>
> > section 508 of the rehab act and IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities
> > Education Act) which have some pretty strict rules about cross platform
> > capabilities (as far as I have been able to check, K12OSN meets these) but
> > much of M$ cannot especially IE.
> >
> > the easiest check is to see if the site will run (native, not emulated) in
> > PINE for e-mail and LYNX as a browser.  if not you could be in serious
> > violation of Federal law... for more details see www.W3C.org/WAI
>
> I hear you and I agree. The one out our district probably has is, these
> sites are for internal school administration, not public use. I'm not sure

the out would be if your administration provided free of charge any
software and hardware needed to anyperson who needs to access the site and
cannot because of proprietary systems

Bob


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