- From: Arditi, Aries <aarditi@lighthouse.org>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:43:53 -0400
- To: <public-comments-wcag20@w3.org>
To the working group that authored this draft: In general, this draft is vastly improved from that of last year. Nice w= ork! Issues: The goal of specifying visual contrast in a way that is measurable in a m= eaningful way is not achievable without making some assumptions about the= display hardware used by the end-user. What MIGHT be possible, is to mak= e some conservative assumptions about the display hardware's capabilities= , in terms of maximum luminance, gamma, and color gamut, and then create = an algorithm that computes contrast and estimates perceivability (or bett= er, readability) and have minimum values for these.=20 I'm still not comfortable with the usage of the word "normative" to mean = "required for conformance." It's jargon, and doesn't add value to the doc= ument. I had to look it up in the glossary, as I suspect many readers of = the WCAG will. What's wrong with "required"? Then everything that's not= required will be assumed to be informative. Or is it non-normative? Or = are non-normative and informative synonymous? See? I still don't get it! In the "Who benefits from Guideline 1.4," strike the word "easily" from t= he sentence about users with low vision. Some readers with low vision don= 't read anything easily. Guideline 2.3 about photosensitive epilepsy is greatly improved from last= year's draft in that it is more specific. I would like to see more of t= he rationale underlying the specific requirements, however, both in lumin= ance, and spatial patterns, or at least some references that support thes= e decisions. I hope there is some research that can be cited to support t= hese specific values.... Thank you for inviting me to comment on this draft. Aries Arditi, Ph.D. Senior Fellow in Vision Science Arlene R. Gordon Research Institute Lighthouse International 111 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 821 9500 (direct) Fax: +1 212 751 9667 http://www.lighthouse.org/research_staff_arditi.htm ************************************************************************************************** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. ** eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. ** **************************************************************************************************
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