- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:53:57 -0500
- To: "Cohen, Aaron M" <aaron.m.cohen@intel.com>
- CC: "'Warner ten Kate'" <tenkate@natlab.research.philips.com>, Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>, Philipp Hoschka <ph@w3.org>, dd@w3.org, symm@w3.org, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Cohen, Aaron M wrote: > > Perhaps a list of specific do's and don't would be useful. > > For example, the priority 1 problem you mention often occurs when color is > used as a referent, as in: > "Please select an item from those listed in green". > > This problem is easily avoided by using additional referents or leaving out > the color referent: > "Please select an item from the 'Expensive' category, listed in green". > -or- > "Please select an item from the 'Expensive' category". > > Colors as sole referents are defintely a candidate for the "don'ts". There > are probably many variations of this. I will add a word about this in the Techniques document. - Ian > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Warner ten Kate [mailto:tenkate@natlab.research.philips.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 4:23 AM > > To: Charles McCathieNevile > > Cc: Ian Jacobs; Philipp Hoschka; dd@w3.org; symm@w3.org; > > w3c-wai-gl@w3.org > > Subject: Re: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines > > > > > > Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > > > > > > There is a Priority 1 problem here where someone sends a > > message where the > > > colour is critical, and you are reading it in monochrome or > > via text to > > > speech. I got an email like that yesterday - I couldn't > > deduce what they > > > meant without colour. > > > > Agree, priority is 1 in the crucial case. > > I tried to show there are cases where color isn't crucial. > > > > To me, the guideline isn't specific in defining when color > > is crucial/essential/criticial and when it is not. That's > > left to the subjective judgement of the author. So, our aim > > is to find a wording where the author receives more guidance. > > > > Perhaps the creation of awareness on the issue is already sufficient. > > Or, rather then refining the guideline wording or labeling > > the priority index, adding more explanation and description > > on what/how a disabled person perceives a Web page, is providing > > the thing needed. Examples/use cases are the things which can do > > that job. > > > > > > Warner. > > -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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