- From: Michael A Squillace <masquill@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:22:44 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-au@w3.org
Forwarding this for everybody since this copy just went to Jan. I will be
sending the updated draft later this morning.
--> Mike Squillace
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
Austin, TX
W:512.823.7423
M:512.970.0066
masquill@us.ibm.com
www.ibm.com/able
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Michael A
Squillace/Austin/
IBM To
Jan Richards
02/25/2008 09:03 <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
AM cc
Subject
Re: Looking at A.2.3(Document link:
Michael A Squillace)
Jan:
Unfortunately, my wife is having minor surgery today (which was pushed up
from the original date of Wed Feb 27) so I will not be on today's call.
However, I did look at the guidelines mentioned below and I do think they
are redundant. In fact, I think A.2.3 is a more thorough description of
what is required in A.1.2. THe latter simply focuses on th need for an
accessibility architecture as part of the platform upon which the authoring
tool is built and an alternative for functionality that cannot be supported
by that platform. A.2.3 lists specific requirements of that platform (eg.
use of name, role, states and properties, and event-monitoring system). To
me A.1.2 is an introductory remark or, perhaps, a first or minimal success
criteria for A.2.3 rather than a guideline in and of itself. Even
techniques are similar (eg consider the technique for alternative
presentation in A.1.2 for a graph and that for an altenrative
representation of a links list in A.2.3).
Hope this helps and sorry for the last-minute cancellation.
--> Mike Squillace
IBM Human Ability and Accessibility Center
Austin, TX
W:512.823.7423
M:512.970.0066
masquill@us.ibm.com
www.ibm.com/able
Jan Richards
<jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
To
02/11/2008 03:49 PM Michael A
Squillace/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
cc
Subject
Looking at A.2.3
Hi Michael,
As you look at "Guideline A.2.3 [For the authoring tool user interface]
Ensure that the interface can be presented in different ways."
(
http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/2008/WD-ATAG20-TECHS-20080206/WD-ATAG20-TECHS-20080206.html#check-tool-sep-presentation
)
you may want to consider if we are unnecessarily overlapping with:
"Guideline A.1.2 [For the authoring tool user interface] Support
interoperability with assistive technologies."
http://www.w3.org/WAI/AU/2008/WD-ATAG20-TECHS-20080206/WD-ATAG20-TECHS-20080206.html#check-tool-interoperability
If you want to discuss it, please give me a call.
Cheers,
Jan
--
Jan Richards, M.Sc.
User Interface Design Specialist
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC)
Faculty of Information Studies
University of Toronto
Email: jan.richards@utoronto.ca
Web: http://jan.atrc.utoronto.ca,
Phone: 416-946-7060
Fax: 416-971-2896
Received on Monday, 14 April 2008 13:23:31 UTC