Re: Proliferation of SCs

+1 to Kathy. I don't think the TF should be self-censoring based on "volume
of proposed SC" - that should be a task dealt with at the WG level.

JF

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Kathy Wahlbin <
kathy@interactiveaccessibility.com> wrote:

> We will not be moving this into an extension.
>
> We will move forward with all the SCs that were decided in the taskforce.
> The working group will then decide how these will be incorporated into WCAG
> 2.1
>
> We have to educate people on what is needed for mobile accessibility and
> how we can ensure that people who are looking for mobile accessibility
> information know where to go to get this information.
>
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> From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk]
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> Subject: Re: Proliferation of SCs
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>
> On 20/09/2016 04:40, David MacDonald wrote:
>
> > Although I appreciate that rational of wanting to have a consistency
> > between keyboard and pointer requirements in WCAG, and also appreciate
> > that the first choice would have been an integration of Pointer and
> > Keyboard SCs using a ore abstract SC at 2.1.1 and 2.1.2, so there
> > wasn't a proliferation of SCs, I think the confusion about the number
> > of SCs we are proposing has caused some in the WCAG  group and staff
> > to go back to considering a separate extension for mobile which I feel
> > would be a major step backwards.
>
> If they're thinking about moving our SCs to a "mobile" extension, they
> clearly haven't understood the fundamental point that "desktop/mobile"
> distinction is becoming increasingly blurry and irrelevant in today's
> world...(e.g. touch not being about "mobile" etc)
>
> Is there anything on record about this that can be discussed further with
> the relevant group/staff? This is a rather fundamental issue, I'd say.
>
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