- From: Carlos Iglesias <carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:21:28 +0100
- To: "Andrew Arch" <andrew.arch@nils.org.au>, <shadi@w3.org>, <public-wai-ert-tools@w3.org>
> The "Accessing File" category is good, but we need to include > something like "single page only" to differentiate from > "multiple pages". I'm sure this category (or similar) came up > in early discussions, but we discarded as too difficult to > classify the tools and we decided to keep it simpler for now. I think it's not necessary: There are certain typical features that are common and there are certain advanced features that are not so common. Supporting a single page is common, multiple pages is not. Supporting normal connections is common, proxy and restricted are not. Supporting remote files (online docs) is common, local files not So I think that a "single page only" option is not necessary because it's a common option. There are tools that can analyse a single page but can't analyse multiple pages but, is there any tool that can analyse multiple pages but can't analyse a single one? (although you could be obliged to analyse more than one). Then, the difference is the ability to analyse multiple pages. For the same reason I think that "Proxy support", "Protected areas support" and "Local files analysis" are useful options, but "Remote files" is not. And similarly, I find more useful the possibility of exclude "Remote on-line services" that the current possibility of select them. Currently there is only the possibility to include them. > Also, seems like "Classification" is a bit of a catch-all - > is its purpose to recreate the categories we have in the current list? More or less, I find them useful and I think they should be recreated and expanded E.g. General- Tools that perform tests for a variety of accessibility issues. Focused - Tools that test for one or a limited aspect of accessibility. Services - Tools that run on an ongoing basis such as proxies, Web services, and monitors. Plugins/Extensions - Tools that run on other tools (need other tools to run) Regards, CI. -------------------------------------- Carlos Iglesias Web Accessibility Unit - CTIC Foundation Science and Technology Park of Gijón 33203 - Gijón, Asturias, Spain phone: +34 984291212 fax: +34 984390612 email: carlos.iglesias@fundacionctic.org URL: http://www.fundacionctic.org
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