Re: Changes to the Appendix A of the Mobile Accessibility Note

Thanks for that Jeanne - I will update the wg about this at the next 
meeting.

Josh

Jeanne Spellman wrote:
> FYI: A lot of input came in this week by people who have been looking at
> the editor's draft and from people who had heard that the FPWD is coming
> soon. Most of the input can wait for the public comment period, but
> several comments concerning Appendix A (WCAG Techniques that Apply to
> Mobile) were urgent and have to be incorporated before we publish to
> prevent long-term problems.
>
> 1) The Appendix A will be published in the WAI website instead of the
> W3C TR website. TR pages cannot change, by strict W3C policy. Publishing
> it with a w3.org/WAI URI allows us to update the page in the future as
> new Techniques are identified or approved by WCAG. When the new WCAG
> Quickref tool is complete, it will be able to do the filtering by a
> mobile category, so we will not need to keep a static list up to date.
> There was strong concern that if we published it with a TR URI, then for
> years to come, it will appear on search engine results long after it is
> out of date.
>
> 2) Appendix A will use the styling of a WAI page, so that it is not
> mistaken for the WCAG Quickref. I have started this process, but CSS
> code suggestions are welcome.
>
> 3) The Introduction for Appendix A has been changed to highlight and
> clarify the temporary nature of the material, and to point people who
> land directly on the Appendix page to the rest of the material that we
> have worked on.
>
> You can see the changes at:
> http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/MobileTechniques/
>
> I have updated the Editor's draft so that it reflects these changes.

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