Re: Why "bypass"?

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> Name: Makoto Ueki
> Email: makoto.ueki@gmail.com
> Affiliation: JIS Working Group
> Document: W2
> Item Number: Success Criterion 2.4.1
> Part of Item:
> Comment Type: editorial
> Summary of Issue: Why "bypass"?
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> We use "skip" for this. We'd like to know why you use "bypass" instead of "skip". What is the difference??
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> Proposed Change:
> Need explanation for appropriate translation.
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Response from the Working Group
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Bypass and Skip mean the same thing. You could use either word in this
provision. In English skip has multiple meanings so Bypass was used in
our document. It means to "pass by without stopping".

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group

Received on Friday, 29 August 2008 20:44:35 UTC