- From: William Loughborough <love26@gorge.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2001 17:04:18 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-eo@w3.org
Although it's rather inferential in WCAG 1 (Guideline 7 - control of
content changes), it is somewhat more explicit in WCAG 2, guideline 2 and
checkpoint 4.4) that the user should be able to control things that "go
boom in the night". What this will do is that when one encounters content
respecting these guidelines, one will have the option of "skip fancy
stuff", saving server load.
It might be fairly anticipated that sites designed to permit avoidance of
"fancy effects" (some say "skip intro") will have such a facility used by
people who are more interested in getting to the true purpose of the site
(buying something) than in the entertainment value of what Len Kasday
called "a drop cap doing the Macarena".
Generally the checkpoints dealing with providing image map legends as text
will help those trying to select Rhode Island from a U.S. map, etc. which
reduces access time = usability increase = reduced server load.
The "discipline" of checkpoint 6.1 (Organize documents so they may be read
without style sheets) will doubly enhance the effectiveness of having used
style sheets. Virtually all the checkpoints under guideline 6 (graceful
transformation), will do a great deal to make sites effective despite
multiple browser uses thus making for more efficient site
construction/maintenance.
--
Love.
ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE
Received on Saturday, 2 June 2001 20:05:13 UTC