- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:01:26 -0500 (EST)
- To: Jutta Treviranus <jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca>
- cc: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>, Authoring Tools Guidelines List <w3c-wai-au@w3.org>
Yes. I think we had in fact decided we would like to (I know I had). Charles On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Jutta Treviranus wrote: I have no objections to changing the example used. Jutta At 1:59 PM -0500 11/2/99, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: >aloha, charles! > >as long as you are contemplating a change in the wording of the explanation of >Relative Priority, please reconsider the use of ACRONYM and ABBR as your P3 >example... > >as documented in my exchange with phil jenkins on the w3c-wai-au list, in >posts >archived at: > >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-au/1999OctDec/0092.html >http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-au/1999OctDec/0093.html >and http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-au/1999OctDec/0096.html > >i am adamantly opposed to the use of ACRONYM and ABBR in the Relative Priority >example, as they are far more important to accessibility (and >interoperability) >than the P3 accorded them by WCAG... > >yes, i know that WCAG as it stands today does accord the use of ACRONYM and >ABBR a P3, but there has been much debate on several WAI lists as to the >importance of the use of ACRONYM and ABBR (as well as their expansion slash >exposition to user agents), and it would, therefore, behoove us to use a less >controversial example, several of which are provided in the posts cited >above... > >gregory. >-------------------------------------------------------- >He that lives on Hope, dies farting > -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1763 >-------------------------------------------------------- >Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net> > WebMaster and Minister of Propaganda, VICUG NYC > <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/index.html> >-------------------------------------------------------- --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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