- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:46:33 -0500
- To: jonathan chetwynd <jay@peepo.com>
- CC: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
jonathan chetwynd wrote: > Having studied the relevant parts of http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WD-WAI-PAGEAUTH-19990226/ these are my thoughts > > 0.0 > Where possible sites should be transparent in meaning without the use of > text. > ~1-5% of the adult population are non-readers. We hope that checkpoint 16.2 addresses this: Use icons or graphics (with a text equivalent) where they facilitate comprehension of the page. > 1.0 Provide text equivalents for text. > ensure that the minimum text is used that conveys the meaning, with links to details. > ~50% have a vocabulary of 2k words. This sounds like a possible technique for checkpoint 16.1. > 1.01 > Provide data in site titles (meta tabs) as to number of words used and readability (flesch reading ease). Again, this sounds like a technique related to checkpoint 16.1 > 1.1 > Provide a means in the common browsers for: > turning off text labels (ALT) for non-readers. > excluding complex or lengthy sites (1.01), conversely trite or youthful ones This facility is more suited to the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (see http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA). The guidelines being developed in that Working Group address issues such as control of alternative text. > z.z > Provide tabs for text in HTML I'm sorry but I don't understand this comment. Thank you for taking the time to review the document, - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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