- From: P.H.Lauke <P.H.Lauke@salford.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:27:45 +0100
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> From: Julian Voelcker [...] > The last thing we need is the sort of tit for tat arguments more > commonly seen between organisations with competing products. Julian, I've only skimmed over Judy's response, but from what I understand it's not really a "tit for tat argument", but a clarification that needs to be made. I mean, there's a big difference between: "Nearly half (45%) of the problems experienced by disabled users when attempting to navigate websites cannot be attributed to explicit violations of the Web Accessibility Initiative Checkpoints" (DRC) and "THE WAI GUIDELINES ADDRESS 95% OF BARRIERS REPORTED BY PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE REPORT" (W3C) In an ideal world, yes, we'd all be singing from the same song sheet, but then there should probably be a bit more agreement and discussion between all the relevant bodies before any figures are released in reports and such... As it stands now, this will cause confusion among those who are just getting into accessibility (heck, even the ones who've been at it for quite a while). But what's the alternative ? Have the W3C silently agreeing to something they don't believe is factually correct, just to show a united front ? For what it's worth, I didn't find the tone of Judy's email negative...simply giving the W3C's view...but maybe I'm missing some nuances here... Patrick ________________________________ Patrick H. Lauke Webmaster / University of Salford http://www.salford.ac.uk
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