Re: Last look at Ref card pilot

Looks really nice. Just couple of small comments.

At 02:26 PM 11/10/98 -0500, Judy Brewer wrote:
>WAI EO, 
>
>Daniel incorporated comments we received from the page author guidelines
>mailing list. Lots of good comments. The result is at
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/waicard
>
>Please review and make any last comments by the end of the day today. I
>will send it to the printer to run a pilot batch first thing in the morning.
>
>Thank you.

Audio & Video Provide captions or transcripts for audio and audio
descriptions of video content.

!! Should we use either "for audio" and "for video" or "of audio" and "of
video" ?

Tables Avoid using tables to format text columns, but in any case be sure
the row (TR) reading order makes sense. 

!! Maybe it would be easier to use two sentences: "Tables Avoid using
tables to format text columns. When using tables make sure the row (TR)
reading order makes sense."
What about table, row and column headings? Maybe there was discussion of
this sorry for not having time to check.

Check your work Validate the HTML and CSS of your site. Check accessibility
with available tools and usability with several browsers. 

!! Usability is not only connected to browsers, but also to users, devices
and environments. "Check your work Validate the HTML and CSS of your site.
Check outcome with several browsers, accessibility with available tools and
usability with real users."

  Marja
>
>Judy
>
>
>>From: Daniel Dardailler <danield@w3.org>
>>Reply-To: dd@w3.org
>>To: jbrewer@w3.org
>>Subject: Ref cards
>>Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 11:46:16 +0100
>>Sender: Daniel.Dardailler@sophia.inria.fr
>>
>>
>>Judy, here's my attempt to incorporate GL comments.
>>
>>Lots of change. But worth it. I'm pretty happy with the new result.
>>
>>
>>New version at http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/waicard
>>Old version at http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/waicard0
>>
>>New title:
>> _Quick tips_ to make your site accessible to everyone, including
>> people with disabilities, handheld devices or slow connections
>>
>>Old title:
>> _Quick tips for making your site accessible to people 
>> with disabilities & users of mobile or slow Web devices_
>>
>>besides the new formatting (only strong "Quick tips", not the entire
>>title) and minor grammar ("to make", instead of "for making" which is
>>shorter and better express duration), people on GL - including myself
>>- seem to prefer this version, which doesn't over-emphasize
>>accessibility, which is a better way to promote authoring accessible
>>websites.
>>
>>
>>new 1. _Images, photographs and animations_ Concisely describe the
>> function of all visuals. Use the alt attribute.
>>
>>old 1. _Images, photographs & animations_ Concisely describe the
>> pur-pose or con-tent of all visuals. Use the alt attribute.
>>
>>Idea is to avoid the "describe" verb and put the emphasis on the
>>function part.
>>
>>
>>
>>new 2. _Page organization_ Headings, lists and table summaries make pages
>>easy to scan. Use clear and consistent page structure across pages.
>>
>>old 2. _Page organization_ A consistent page layout helps people with
>> visual and learning disabilities. Use headings, lists and
>> table summaries to make pages easy to scan.
>>
>>Put scannability first, consistency second. Forget rationales, just
>>give the tip.
>>
>>
>>new 3. _Imagemaps_ Many people cannot use a mouse. Use a client-side
>>MAP to give text to provide text for the image hotspots.
>>
>>old 3. _Imagemaps_ Many people cannot use a mouse. Use the MAP element
>> to provide imagemap hotspot text anchors.
>>
>>just make it clearer ("imagemap hotspot text anchor" was confusing),
>>still on 2 lines.
>>
>>
>>4. no consensus on good change, so left it alone.
>>
>>
>>5.  There is a strong consensus that we need to talk about
>>script/applet. I think this would cover my concern about non-w3c
>>standard (although not exactly the same). Since keeping the list to 10
>>items is important for marketing, I think either combining with
>>graph/chart or recombining audio/video in one (and leaving graph/chart
>>alone) are two valid options.
>>
>>First option:
>>
>>new 5. _No important information is lost_ Provide alternate content
>>for scripting, applets or plug-in turned off, or when graphs and

>>charts are not rendered.
>>
>>old 5. _Graphs & charts_ Summarize content or use the
>> longdesc attribute.
>>
>>but I think I'd favor (Charles too) the recombining Audio/Video and
>>keep graph/chart separate:
>>
>>5. _Graphs & charts_ Summarize content or use the
>> longdesc attribute.
>>
>>new 6. _No important information is lost_ Provide alternate content
>>for use with scripting, applets or plug-in when unsupported or turned
>>off.
>>
>>new 7. _Audio & Video_ Provide captions or transcripts for audio and
>>audio descriptions of video content.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>new 8. _Frames_ Some Web technologies cannot render frames. Label each
>> frame with title or name and include a working hypertext start-page in
>> a NOFRAMES section.
>>
>>old 8. Frames Some Web technologies cannot render frames. Label each
>> frame with title or name, and include a linear version of its
>> content within the NOFRAMES element.
>>
>>concern raised twice about what "linear" really means.
>>
>>
>>
>>new 9. _Tables_ Avoid using tables to format text columns, but in any
>>case be sure the rows (TR) reading order makes sense.
>>
>>old 9. _Tables_ Some Web technologies have trouble reading
>> tables. Avoid using tables to format text columns. Use the
>> headers, scope and abbr attributes to mark-up complex tabular
>> information.
>>
>>In general, I agree with Al and Charles that less is more and that we
>>shouldn't spend ink on too much rationales and marginal esoteric point
>>like complex table markup (which might prove useless in the end if XML
>>succeeds and source XML db records are available for complex data).
>>
>>
>>new 10. _Check your work_ Validate the HTML and CSS of your site.  Check
>> accessibility with available tools and usability with several
>> browsers.
>>
>>old 10. _Evaluate accessibility_ View your site with different
>> browsers; switch off graphics, sounds and animations; navigate via
>> keyboard; use a monochrome monitor; use automated analysis tools.
>>
>>There seems to be consensus that Validation is more important than
>>checking with bobby and browsers and should be put first.
>>
>>I used Al's text verbatim.
>>
>>Charles's version was
>>
>> Use valid HTML! (Check it with a validator. You should also check in 
>> other browsers/Bobby/etc)
>>
>>which is little catchy but doesn't cover CSS validation and doesn't
>>mention accessibility checking per se.
>>
>>
>>current trailer: See www.w3.org/WAI for complete Page Author Guidelines &
>> techniques
>>
>>variant trailer: See www.w3.org/WAI for complete why and how.
>>
>>Didn't change it. Depend if we want to promote the brand "Page Author
>>Guidelines & techniques" or just say what we think.
>>
>>
>> 
>>
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>World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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