- From: Robert Neff <robneff@home.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 00:18:32 -0700
- To: "IG" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-eo@w3.org>, "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I do not doubt the CSS's usability. I question why I am being forced to use CSS to obtain a Double A conformance level. I can make a web page that is accessible using HTML 3.2 and 4. Before the recommendation, I had done that at Department of Labor before CSS was widely used, see http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/programs/dbra/index.html. I had designed a layout without tables for formatting and in HTML 4 Transitional. This was the closest thing to adopting over 90% of the checkpoints. BUT I used HTML not CSS. If I were still there, I would be livid about Checkpoint 3.3. Now all of a sudden I have to switch because another language is wanted. CSS has design guidelines and so does HTML and both must be properly applied. I cannot support a recommendation that disallows other methodologies that can be made accessible. By the way, how does Checkpoint 3.3 apply when I want to make a HTML page that is text only and use HTML 3.2 with no deprecated items and follow the rest of the guidelines except Checkpoint 3.3? For example, except for Checkpoint 3.3, I am Triple A. This is like telling me I MUST purchase a new car when an used one will do! This is a note to Jamie (Are you monitoring?): Now that you are running the Davis-Bacon site, if it wasn't for checkpoint 3.3, how close are you to Triple A conformance? Basically, my position is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) should change Checkpoint 3.3 to say, "Use CSS where possible." If you have not read the WCAG yet, then wake-up and realize that you will be required to use CSS to obtain a Double A conformance rating. If you are associated with the United States Government then expect the Federal Government to adopt the WCAG next year. Does anyone have any comments on this? Your opinions do matter. Are there any other government efforts or other efforts to adopt Double A? rob
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