RE: Comments on WCAG 3.0 draft

Hi all,

I know this is grossly late/overdue, however I appreciate the opportunity to share with you a few short comments on the working draft from our development team in Finland, attached.

As testing practitioners, they have concerns that multiple methods of testing may slow down their workflow.

*         The proposal fundamentally alters the way in which WCAG is tested
*         Testing is difficult to carry out efficiently
*         Conformance testing is difficult to carry out reliably and in a reproducible manner
*         WCAG 3.0 success levels are impractical

I appreciate any feedback to directly address these comments and provide any clarification.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Best regards.
Jennifer


Jennifer Chadwick, CPACC, CUA
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From: Gregg Vanderheiden RTF <gregg@raisingthefloor.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 2, 2021 10:27 AM
To: public-silver@w3.org
Subject: Comments on WCAG 3.0 draft

Attached please find my comments.   Sorry for slightly missing the deadline but I wanted to review and make them as readable as possible.

Feel free to contact me with any questions.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Best

gregg

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