- From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 21:33:15 -0000
- To: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Checkpoint 4.4 I have big problem with default, it suggests to developers that there's some view of a webpage that is correct, and there's some UA rendering that is also correct, (other renderings, other views being wrong.) this is clearly rubbish, but it is what is suggested by the phrase. Also what is "default user agent processing" I use a privately modified Snufkin, it's a web browser, there's no way anyone can know what its default processing is, unless they ask me, and that's hardly practical for everyone. I see nothing wrong with something more like "Ensure that content remains usable no matter what technologies are turned off, not supported, or additional ones are available." I've added a "or additional ones are available", for technologies such as translators or annotators or aids which look at linked pages to see how accessible they are[1] which add functionality to a browser, yet isn't expected by "default". Jim. [1] This is a proposed usage scenario for EARL see http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-er-ig/2001Nov/0007.html
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