Re: WCAG 2.0 Comment Submission

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:57 PM, <noreply@w3.org> wrote:

>
> Name: Shawn Henry
> Email: shawn@w3.org
> Affiliation: W3C WAI
> Document: UW
> Item Number: Understanding Conformance
> Part of Item: Intent
> Comment Type: editorial
> Summary of Issue:
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> Under Level of Assistive Technology Support Needed for "Accessibility
> Support" list item 1 says: Accessibility support of Web technologies varies
> by environment
> - In a company where all employees are provided with particular user
> agents and assistive technologies, Web technologies may need to only be
> supported by those user agents and older assistive technologies.
> - Content posted to the public Web may need to work with a broader range
> of user agents and assistive technologies.
> "
>
> I think the "older" is incorrect in the first bullet. I think it should be
> deleted. (because the point is that if users are known to have certain AT,
> then you do *not* have to support older AT, yes?)
>
> To further clarify, consider adding it to the second sub-point.
>
> Proposed Change:
> ...Web technologies may need to only be supported by those user agents and
> assistive technologies.
>
> Content posted to the public Web may need to work with a broader range of
> user agents and assistive technologies, including older versions.
>
> ================================
Response from the Working Group
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Thank you for catching this. We are editing the document as follows:

Web technologies may only need to be supported by those specific user
agents and assistive technologies deployed at a company. (These may be
older versions of user agents and assistive technologies or the very newest
versions).

Content posted to the public Web may need to work with a broader range of
user agents and assistive technologies, including older versions.


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