- From: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:06:20 -0700
- To: "'Maciej Stachowiak'" <mjs@apple.com>, "'Jonas Sicking'" <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Cc: "'Edward O'Connor'" <eoconnor@apple.com>, <public-html@w3.org>
Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > > I think that's a good thought. > Jonas Sicking wrote: > > > > Could we at least add language saying that this is only applicable > > until a sizable portion of UAs have implemented the ability to expose > > the full semantic content to users. > > > > Otherwise we'll be making poor recommendations, which is exactly what > > that sentence is trying to avoid doing. Respectfully, that is a really bad idea. One of the most oft cursed phrases of WCAG 1 was "Until user agents ..." (http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html#until-user-agents) - here, what is sizable, when and who decides, what happens to backward compatibility, etc., etc.? I would strenuously urge this Working Group to not fall into that trap again - it caused significant confusion and consternation prior to the release and adoption of WCAG 2. Cheers! JF
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