- From: Chetz Colwell <c.g.colwell@herts.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 12:34:43 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Hi, The use of a validator requires knowledge about doc-type etc, which authors may not know about. A participant used the W3C validator on the recommendation of the Guidelines, but was unable to provide sufficient information for the validator to work properly. Potential solution: * Section 1.10.2 could warn that certain information is required by the validator. And / or acknowledge that some authors may have to rely on other methods. This is a difficult issue since the Guidelines cannot provide instructions for use of a validator, but we wanted to point out that using a validator is not necessarily straight-forward for all authors. Related problem: Viewing a page with images turned off is not as easy as it sounds if the page has already been viewed with images turned on. An author would, at least, have to restart their browser, and may also have to clear the cache. Potential solution: * Section 1.10.5 could be more specific about techniques for viewing pages without images. Regards, Chetz and Helen. ----- Chetz Colwell and Helen Petrie, <c.g.colwell@herts.ac.uk>, <h.l.petrie@herts.ac.uk>. Sensory Disabilities Research Unit, University of Hertfordshire, UK. Tel: +44 1707 284629 Fax: +44 1707 285059
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