- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 12:54:24 -0400 (EDT)
- To: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- cc: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
This approach is based on a particular model of user interaction where the user is expected not to deal with the markup. In fact many of the most popular authoring tools are markup editors, and directing the user away from the markup is counter to their whole interface, and would therefore contravene guideline 5 (integrate accessibililty into the overall look and feel). Guidelines 4 and 6 should cover the necessary requirements in the type of interface you are suggesting, and your suggested scenario would be a valuable addition to the techniques for the relevant checkpoints. Thank you again... cheers Charles McCN On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Jon Gunderson wrote: The techniques talk alot about allow the author to edit the markup. While this important and useful it would be, I think just as important to emphesize prompting the user for functional information and hiding the underlying markup as much as possible. Fo exampel when inserting an image the tool could ask author not just for the ALT text and LONGDESC url. But ask them first the purpose of the image, is it a: 1. Decorative logo 2. Image of person, place or thing 3. Chart or graph 4. Button or link .... The dialog would route the author to the appropraite accessibility questions related to the purpose of the image. The ALT and LONGDESC for IMG or the proper OBJECT markup would be generated based on the answers and questions the people were asked during the dialog. Could this approach be highlighted in the text of checkpoint? Jon Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.w3.org/wai/ua http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess --Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +1 617 258 0992 http://www.w3.org/People/Charles W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI MIT/LCS - 545 Technology sq., Cambridge MA, 02139, USA
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