Re: Desktop view should not be conforming alternative to mobile view

There are two parts of the definition for conforming alternative that could
be used to ensure a mobile view is notleft inaccessible with the desktop
view as the conforming alternative.

​      "​
2. provides all of the same information and functionality in the same human
language
​"
,

A mobile view has different functionality  (sort of) than a desktop view
​.


     ​"T​
he conforming version can be reached from the non-conforming page via an
accessibility-supported mechanism
​""​


Many mobile pages load automatically and don't have a mechanism to switch
to desktop view.
​

​
​But I don't think these parts of the definitions are strong enough to
ensure the mobile view must be made to conform to WCAG.​

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On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:32 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
wrote:

>
> ​We currently have a bit of a hole in WCAG 2 that I think we should plug
> in 2.1.
>
> If a web page has a conforming alternative, then it doesn't need to
> conform itself. However, in the world of responsible design, it means if
> the desktop version conforms, the mobile version does not need to. I think
> we should plug this in WCAG 2.1.
>
> It might be as  simple as adding a sentence to the definition of
> conforming alternative that large screen views of web pages do not qualify
> as a conforming alternative to small screen views. It will take some
> thought as to the exact wording and approach but it needs to be addressed I
> woulds say, otherwise organizations may just say they don't meed to make
> the mobile view accessible.
>
> https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#conforming-alternate-versiondef​
>
> Cheers,
> David MacDonald
>
>
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