RE: About proposed 'conforming alternative version' technique

+1 with Sailesh -- these echo my comments on this technique.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Sailesh Panchang [mailto:spanchang02@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 9:37 AM
To: WCAG
Subject: About proposed 'conforming alternative version' technique

Reference proposal  [1] below.
1. Should this technique be titled along the lines of SCR24 (Using
progressive enhancement to open new windows on user request) for instance:
Suggestion: "Using progressive enhancement to provide access to a
conforming alternate version for web pages which are designed to be
responsive"

2. "provides all of the same information and functionality in the same
human language" is at odds with responsive design?
On a mobile platform, the home page of a site may be quite different when
compared to its desktop version,... no? And there may be differences
between a tablet and mobile phone version too.

3. Assuming for a moment that CSS is the only method of doing responsive
design, C29  will accomplish this. But I think the chief difference is
that in responsive design, the info content and functionality will differ
across device sizes. So C29 may not apply in toto.

4. So, in short, what this technique is suggesting is that a
non-conformant  page on any device should have a link (or mechanism) to
get to a single conformant page, right?

Let us say on a desktop, a user is able to get to content on a page
represented by A, B, C, D, E and F. On a tablet only A, C, D and F are
rendered and on a mobile phone, A, D, and E are rendered. So is the
expectation that one should be able to get to accessible version of the
page containing everything from A to F from a tablet or phone if the
tablet / phone versions are non-conformant?

A tablet user may rightly expect to see only an accessible version of a
page containing A, C, D and F I imagine.

Refer: [1]
https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_a_script_load_toggle_for_feature_dete
ction_libraries_to_provide_a_conforming_alternate_version

Thanks and regards,
Sailesh Panchang

Received on Thursday, 19 June 2014 01:06:26 UTC