More on How WCAG 2.0 Differs from WCAG 1.0 (updated Tue 16 Dec)

• From: Wayne Dick <wed@csulb.edu>
• Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:09:03 -0800
• To: "Shawn Henry" <shawn@w3.org>, <Anna.Zhuang@nokia.com>, "EOWG \(E-mail\)" <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <1332247F1343449EB07022156D61EA9A@Jim>

I think the first paragraph should read like:

WCAG 2.0 is defined in terms of the access needs of Web users 
with disabilities. All of the technical descriptions of how to 
meet these needs are published in separate documents. This 
differs from WCAG 1.0 that mixed user needs and technical 
solutions within the language of many guidelines and checkpoints. 
The approach of WCAG 1.0 ensured that the guidelines would become 
less relevant as technology advanced. By defining only what is 
needed by users with disabilities in the guidelines and success 
criteria, WCAG 2.0 applies more broadly to different types of Web 
technologies and to more advanced technologies. It will apply to 
technologies developed in the future, because the access needs of 
users with disabilities do not change.


Wayne

PS. I actually have read more than the first paragraph 

Received on Thursday, 18 December 2008 05:09:49 UTC