- From: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 20:59:15 -0700
- To: Jutta Treviranus <jutta.treviranus@utoronto.ca>, w3c-wai-au@w3.org
I have an action item to do something about how an "evaluator" would rate
tools for their handling of matters of text (content).
First I tried to find something to hang a hat on in ATAG to no avail
("simple" isn't in there and "clear" only as part of "clearly" in the
glossary) so just off the top of the head I'd have to say that we haven't
given developers any cause to take special pains to "prompt" authors to
write clear and simple text. Of course it could be argued that we demand
that they obey all the WCAG, but that's a little vague.
So: should an authoring tool urge authors to write clear, simple prose? Who
knows, and more importantly: who cares? You can urge in one hand and
defecate in the other and see which fills fastest.
--
Love.
ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE
Received on Tuesday, 12 September 2000 11:59:37 UTC