Re: Tweaks to quicktips cards

Hello Richard,

I think using questions is a neat idea, but as you say, it doesn't
really work that well. Also, I don't think WAI is using questions,
and it's good to have a similar style.

As for details, I'm not sure why there is a change of escaping
syntax in:

>[2]
>Escapes. Only use escapes (e.g.     or  ) in specific 
>circumstances.
>>>
>Escapes. Use characters rather than escapes (e.g.     or 
> ) whenever you can.

I'd assume the first was taken from the visible page, and the second
copied from the source, yes?


Regards,    Martin.



At 22:05 07/02/14, Richard Ishida wrote:
>
>Chaps,
>
>We are running low on quick tips cards, but will be able to print more.  
>Before doing so, however, I'd like to improve on some of the text.
>
>
>Here is the current text (see the format at 
>http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/quicktips.pdf ):
>
>===================
>
>W3C    Internationalization Quick Tips for the Web
>
>More at http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/
>
>Encoding. Use Unicode wherever possible for content, databases, etc. Always 
>declare the encoding of content.
>
>Escapes. Only use escapes (e.g.     or  ) in specific 
>circumstances.
>
>Language. Declare the text-processing language of documents and indicate 
>any internal language changes.
>
>Presentation vs. content. Use style sheets for presentational information. 
>Restrict markup to semantics.
>
>Images, animations & examples. Check for translatability and inappropriate 
>cultural bias.
>
>Forms. Use an appropriate encoding on both form and server. Support local 
>formats of names/addresses, times/dates, etc.
>
>Text authoring. Use simple, concise text. Do not compose sentences from 
>multiple strings using scripting.
>
>Navigation. On each page include clearly visible navigation to localized 
>pages or sites. Use the target language.
>
>Right-to-left text. For XHTML, add dir="rtl" to the html tag. Only re-use 
>it to change directionality.
>
>Check your work. Validate! Use techniques, tutorials, and articles at 
>http://www.w3.org/International/ 
>
>=========================
>
>
>APPROACH 1: MINIMAL TWEAKS
>
>I propose the following changes:
>
>[1]
>More at http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/
>>>
>Details at http://www.w3.org/International/quicktips/
>
>
>[2]
>Escapes. Only use escapes (e.g.     or  ) in specific 
>circumstances.
>>>
>Escapes. Use characters rather than escapes (e.g.     or 
> ) whenever you can.
>
>[3]
>Text authoring. Use simple, concise text. Do not compose sentences from 
>multiple strings using scripting.
>>>
>Text authoring. Use simple, concise text. Use care when composing sentences 
>from multiple strings.
>
>[4]
>Navigation. On each page include clearly visible navigation to localized 
>pages or sites. Use the target language.
>>>
>Navigation. On each page include clearly visible navigation to localized 
>pages or sites, using the target language.
>
>[5]
>Check your work. Validate! Use techniques, tutorials, and articles at 
>http://www.w3.org/International/ 
>>>
>Check your work. Validate! Use best practises, tutorials, and articles at 
>http://www.w3.org/International/ 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>APPROACH 2: REWRITE USING QUESTIONS
>
>
>Encoding. Use Unicode wherever possible for content, databases, etc. Always 
>declare the encoding of content.
>>>
>Encoding. Did you use Unicode? Did you declare the character encoding of 
>your content?
>
>
>Escapes. Only use escapes (e.g.     or  ) in specific 
>circumstances.
>>>
>Escapes. Did you avoid using escapes (e.g.     or  ) 
>whenever possible?
>
>
>Language. Declare the text-processing language of documents and indicate 
>any internal language changes.
>>>
>Language. Did you declare the language of the text, and indicate any 
>internal language changes?
>
>
>
>Presentation vs. content. Use style sheets for presentational information. 
>Restrict markup to semantics.
>>>
>Presentation vs. content. Are you using style sheets for presentational 
>information, and restricting markup to semantics?
>
>
>Images, animations & examples. Check for translatability and inappropriate 
>cultural bias.
>>>
>Images, animations & examples. Have you checked for translatability and 
>inappropriate cultural bias?
>
>
>Forms. Use an appropriate encoding on both form and server. Support local 
>formats of names/addresses, times/dates, etc.
>>>
>Forms. Are encodings compatible on both form and server? Do you support 
>local formats for names/addresses, times/dates, etc?
>
>
>Text authoring. Use simple, concise text. Do not compose sentences from 
>multiple strings using scripting.
>>>
>Text authoring. Do you use simple, concise text? Are there issues due to 
>composing sentences from multiple strings?
>
>
>Navigation. On each page include clearly visible navigation to localized 
>pages or sites. Use the target language.
>>>
>Navigation. Does each page include clearly visible navigation to localized 
>pages or sites, and use the target language?
>
>
>Right-to-left text. For XHTML, add dir="rtl" to the html tag. Only re-use 
>it to change directionality.
>>>
>Right-to-left text. Did you add dir="rtl" to the html tag, and only re-use 
>it to change directionality?
>
>
>Check your work. Validate! Use techniques, tutorials, and articles at 
>http://www.w3.org/International/ 
>>>
>Check your work. Does it validate? Did you check out best practises, 
>tutorials, and articles at http://www.w3.org/International/?
>
>
>
>Some parts seem to work as questions, but I'm not absolutely convinced that 
>it's a good change throughout - plus these become no longer 'quick tips', 
>more like 'quick checklist'.
>
>Thoughts please.
>
>RI
>
>
>
>============
>Richard Ishida
>Internationalization Lead
>W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
> 
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