- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 08:26:58 +1000 (AEST)
- To: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Comments on Ian's proposal: 1. Style sheets are already in part supported by most up to date user agents; hence the "when supported by user agents" clause is unnecessary in checkpoint 3.3. 2. I support Ian's proposed change to checkpoint 11.2, except for the lowering of its priority from 2 to 3: presentational elements and attributes detract from the extent to which content-level semantics are preserved in the document, and they can also generate serious access problems if they are used to control colours, fonts etc., and can not be turned off in legacy user agents (as I understand from previous discussions is the case in some circumstances). I agree that there should be a parallel established between the qualifications regarding user agent support, in checkpoints 11.1 and 11.2. Checkpoint 3.3 only requires that style sheets be used, not that unsupported features thereof be employed. Perhaps this could be clarified not by amending 3.3, but by adding a reference to 11.1 or a clarifying note which clarifies the scope of the checkpoint.
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