- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:51:11 -0400 (EDT)
- To: tmccain@butler.edu (McCain Tom)
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Well said! One small puzzlement you might be able to help with: to follow up on what McCain Tom said on the WAI-IG list: > 8. If a page is still not accessible, provide a link to an > alternative page, preferably a text-only page. "text-only" is the colloquial term for a page in super-accessible style. Unfortunately, if one gets down to brass tacks, the idea that it is only text is neither necessary nor sufficient for this added level of usable-by-anybody quality. If you can think of any word or phrase that would capture the real meaning and still speak to the general public, it would be a great help. Among engineers I would call them KISS pages but I would be reluctant to promote that as the name for a "general audience." Perhaps what we need is a sub-guideline that clearly identifies a stricter level of guideline to apply to alternate pages, but dispels the illusion that text is a panacea. Al
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