- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 12:03:00 +1100 (EST)
- To: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I disagree completely with the approach which Robert Neff is advocating in this discussion. The priorities are to be determined on the basis of impact (as Eric calls it). This is established by the definitions corresponding to the three priority levels. As a matter of principle therefore, questions of "unjustifiable burden" etc., should not be taken to account except in choosing among a range of solutions that are equally efficacious from an access standpoint but incur different costs, in which case the least costly solution is to be preferred, with all other factors being equal. The legal systems in various jurisdictions are free to determine what requirements should be imposed on web site developers, and where "unjustifiable hardship" (or the equivalent concept in any given legal setting) arises; these matters should not be second-guessed by this working group.
Received on Monday, 6 December 1999 20:03:40 UTC