- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:55:20 -0500 (EST)
- To: jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Jason White)
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
I think that we need to try to meet this need with references to the greatest extent possible. Al to follow up on what Jason White said: > Earlier in the development of the guidelines, there was some discussion of > including an informative explanation which would outline, in general > terms, the different types of hardware and software that may be used in > accessing the web, and their implications for the design of content. > > Such an explanation might help to avoid some of the understandings which > have been discussed on the list recently, with regard to the inherent > universality of properly structured and marked up text, the need for > device independence with respect to controls that require user input, the > requirement that textual alternatives be provided as substitutes for > controls that obtain user input, and the importance of presenting > important information statically, through standard mechanisms, thereby > avoiding the difficulties associated with client-side dynamism. > > A brief explanation and rationale, in an informative appendix, would do > much to clarify the guidelines for the benefit of the uninitiated. > >
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