- From: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:34:23 -0400
- To: Greg Lowney <gcl-0039@access-research.org>
- Cc: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Hello Greg, Thank you for your comments on WCAG 2.0 [1]. This email shows how the WCAG WG has attempted to address one of your concerns. We will send a separate email for each of the issues you raised. Please let us know if we have adequately addressed your issues. Issue 705 [2] Greg Lowney writes: 62. Guideline 3.4, "pages with similar function should have similar appearance and layout" 62.a. [LOW PRIORITY] But we might note that it's also good for separate sections to be easily distinguishable, which implies not using identical appearance; distinct visual elements such as colors or graphics will help readers orient themselves, keep in mind which section they are in, and avoid mistaking similar pages. == This guideline was significantly rewritten in the March 11, 2004 Working Draft [3] and focuses on organization of content rather than presentation. Also, Guideline 2.4 [4] has a criterion that we think addresses your concern about making separate sections easily distinguishable, "Different structural elements look or sound different from each other and from body text." Do you feel these changes address your concerns? Thank you, --wendy [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2003Nov/0003.html [2] http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=705 [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-20040311/#consistent-behavior [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-WCAG20-20040311/#navigation-mechanisms -- wendy a chisholm world wide web consortium web accessibility initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/ /--
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