- From: Chuck Letourneau <cpl@starlingweb.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 10:49:51 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
The issue Charles raises in his suggested preamble is key to the wide acceptance of the guidelines. And, as Anne pointed out, a perception that we are "deprecating" graphics could even lead to further access problems for groups of people who want/need them. I know that is not our intent. I remember that some guidelines (perhaps captured in the original "Universal Guideline" document) specifically tried to address the idea of using "concrete" or "easily understood" images to aid the Learning Disabled (as well as the non-literate) population. I also know that the idea of "easily understood" images is a thorny one, not the least because of cultural differences across the total web-population. (Another issue being the singular lack of competent and/or sensitive artists designing for the web -- how many of us think that because we have Corel Draw or some Web-graphic package that we know how to design "good" images?) I realize that I am not suggesting a solution here. Perhaps I am just restating the problem. I second Gregg's request to Anne (and anyone else) who can find the right words for this. Chuck ----------- Page Author Guidelines Working Group cpl@starlingweb.com (613) 820-2272
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