Re: the "badly written" wording -- Re: comments on beta accessibility page (was Re: Phrase with "from using the web" - Re: w3.beta Comments for discussion)

My vote is for  c. However, websites and web tools that are not accessible
create barriers that exclude...


Otherwise if you go with a or b consider replacing "badly written" to
something like "poorly coded" .

Terry Morris
Associate Professor, Harper College
http://terrymorris.net

On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 2:52 PM, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> wrote:

> catherine wrote:
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>> My only hesitation is with the "badly-written" part of the last sentence.
>> I wonder if we really need it since we have "that are not accessible". Seems
>> a bit redundant. Maybe just say : "However, Web sites and Web tools that are
>> not accessible create barriers that exclude people from taking equal part."
>> ?
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> I'd like some more perspectives on this issue. I think Liam wanted to
> specifically say that the web is designed to be accessible, and when
> websites are done properly, they are accessible -- but when websites are
> *badly* done, then they create barriers. (actually his suggestion: "badly
> written web pages... re-introduce these barriers")
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> Saying "websites that are not accessible create barriers that exclude..."
> kind of loses the point that it's bad.
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> wording options:
> a. However, badly written websites and web tools create barriers that
> exclude...
> b. However, badly written websites and web tools that are not accessible
> create barriers that exclude...
> c. However, websites and web tools that are not accessible create barriers
> that exclude...
>
> Any other thoughts on this point?
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> ~shawn
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Terry Morris
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