[Athen] MathML in HTML5: Internet Explorer 9 is Broken

[Ken Petri]

Update: if anyone is thinking of writing directly to the IE accessibility
team, note that the accLabs at microsoft.com email is dead. Anyone have a valid
email address to write directly to that group?

ken


On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Ken Petri <petri.1 at osu.edu> wrote:


> Ron,

>

> I ran the tests and submitted a comment on the IE bug in the MS bug

> tracker. I also wrote directly to the IE team in support of continued

> operability of MathPlayer within IE. I hope others on this list do something

> similar. If we have a groundswell of support, maybe we will even see IE

> natively (sans plugin) support MathML rendering.

>

> Best regards,

> ken

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> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Ron Stewart <ron at altformatsolutions.com>wrote:

>

>>  Perhaps you can lend the AHEAD IMAG effort your support.  It is critical

>> to the issue of math and science accessibility that MathML be fully

>> supported in the next version of Internet Explorer as well as all other

>> browsers.  According to this article this appears to not be the case in IE9

>> which is scheduled to release in the next couple of months

>> http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/tech/MathMLinHTML5.htm

>>

>>

>>

>> Help spread the word, contact your campus Microsoft rep and members of

>> your campus community that are participants in the Microsoft Development

>> Network

>>

>> If you have a contact at Microsoft let them know your concern.

>>

>> Contact the Accessibility Group at Microsoft:

>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb735024.aspx

>>

>> Contact the IE Development Group at Microsoft:

>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/default.aspx

>>

>>

>>

>> Ron Stewart

>>

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