[html4all] Copy of e-mail to Karl Dubost

[Philip TAYLOR]

And Karl's response :

> Philip Taylor (Webmaster) (17 sept. 2007 - 12:26) :

>> Right, so where are the "different parties" in your phrase
>> "the needs of implementers" ?  The only parties I can find
>> there are implementors -- what about the needs of
>>
>>     o consumers
> 
> Are everyone else, Usually, products exist only because there are consumers. If consumers are not satisfied, the products die.
> 
>>     o designers
> 
> designers are implementers and consumers. They consume some products.
> 
>>     o those with special accessibility needs
> 
> These are consumers too. The ethics goal of caring for them is a noble goal, but is not very effective (unfortunately) in our society. The goal is more that there is really a need to make business with these users. Plus the fact it is easier to accommodate Web technologies to people with special needs than in the physical world.
> 
>> and the vision/advice/expertise of
>>
>>     o computer scientists
>>     o human factors engineers
>>     o psychologists
>>     o linguists
>>
>> and so on.
> 
> All of these are part of the product design (implementers).
> 
> 
> 
> --Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/