Re: last (fast) gasp for waicard10, closing Thursday a.m.

> 1) I've copied Wendy Chisholm's message below. Please look at Wendy's image
> map comment. I think her comment has been accounted for in our discussions,
> but if others agree it should be changed to read "Use client-side MAP and
> alt text for hotspots," please let me know, & that's what we'll do.

with alt in bold or not ?
putting it in bold clearly points at the attribute (used in AREA) and
leave out both the inline alt text (that Len wanted to have expressed)
and the new MAP content model with text in A (that wendy mentioned).

I suggest we use this sentence with alt not in bold.
 
> 2) Also please look at Wendy's image & animations comment. This gets back
> to the awkwardness of "function," however I am not sure that her proposed
> alternatives "replaces" or "provides" don't invite other kinds of
> confusion. So, unless there is agreement from the list on either of these
> alternatives, we will leave as is.

Agreed.
 
> 3) Page organization. I thought our last version had "where possible" after
> "Use CSS for layout and style." I cannot find the reference on EOWG list
> for dropping the "where possible" following CSS. While I do feel strongly
> that we should mention CSS here, I also feel that the caution is necessary.
> I will add "where possible" back in unless someone clarifies a resounding
> reason to leave those two words out.

my mistake probably, we had "wherever possible" and it was never my
intent to remove it.

> 4) "For Complete..." Gregg Vanderheiden has expressed additional concern
> about people thinking that the Quick Tips are the final say in Web
> accessibility, based on his observations of how people respond to the pilot
> version when visitors come in to Trace. He requested that we move the URL
> back to the bottom of the back and label it "For the rest of the guidelines
> and checkpoints..." However given our discussions about people never
> noticing the URL at the bottom of the back, and based on space constraints,
> I have recommended the following, which the designer has been able to fit
> in nicely: "FOR COMPLETE GUIDELINES & CHECKLIST; WWW.W3.ORG/WAI"  This is
> in caps, set in an inverted band below the title & logos. Looks good;
> stands out well; should entice people with the thought of a handy checklist.

is that a ; or a : ? I would prefer a :

I guess it's too much asking to see a image of the preprint ?
 
> 5) Gregg also raised a concern that the second phrase of "multimedia"
> doesn't make any sense ("provide... accessible versions in case
> inaccessible formats are used). I am not sure what we can do to clarify
> this, nor what we lose if we take this out, since this does not clearly
> enough address the pdf-type file format issue which has come up repeatedly
> & was sometimes mentioned in conjunction with this. If there are no
> additional comments, I will leave as is. If someone can propose a simple &
> non-controversial clarification without adding more than three additonal
> words, kindly do so.

how about re-adding "non-W3C inaccessible" ?

Received on Thursday, 11 February 1999 03:37:56 UTC