- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:02:34 -0500
- To: Jonathan Chetwynd <jay@peepo.com>
- CC: gv@trace.wisc.edu, "'Jason White'" <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU>, "'Web Content Accessibility Guidelines'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, w3t-comm@w3.org, w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: > > Text needs to be written for a reader. > > The WAI site is written for a technical reader. > If we wish to stimulate mass market interest, > the site needs to meet the needs of this audience. > > One way, is to demonstrate good accessibility, as well as write about it. > > This means that it is important that visitors are not intimidated when they > visit the site. > The site has huge amounts of text most of which are irrelevant to any > particular enquiry. Jonathan, W3C recognizes the general need for less technical materials for the general public. This applies not just to WAI but to all of the work we do. We are looking for technical writers (although we don't yet have the job descriptions ready) for this type of work. The Accessibility Notes (on SMIL, CSS, and HTML, and upcoming on XML and SVG) are a step in this direction. I suspect that this discussion belongs on EO, so I am adding them to the thread. I am also cc'ing your comments to the W3C Communications Team. Thank you, - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 Cell: +1 917 450-8783
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