- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 01:32:31 -0500 (EST)
- To: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@netcom.com>
- cc: ij@w3.org, jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu, unagi69@concentric.net, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Scott, not at all. I am sure there are plenty of people who can build good decision-making support systems. The point is that without them people may not be able to navigate the large range of choices available in a system of the type being proposed. Not an insurmountable problem, just something to bear in mind. The same issue arises with the ability to negotiate content types, or to create personalised styling. Charles On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Scott Luebking wrote: Hi, Charles Maybe I'm missing something. The web offers people much information and various web pages are architected to help people make all kinds of decisions. The impression that you're giving is that there is absolutely no way that a web page can help a person easily decide on the optimum format for them. We got some pretty smart grad students here at Berkeley. I'm sure one of them could come up with some clever ideas if need be. Scott > A couple of extra points. > > The text-only version is not, in general, an accessible version - it is > another of the 9 variants that might be useful for some purposes. Which is > why WCAG says "an accessible alternative version", not a "text-only version". > > Having ten versions introduces a potential level of complexity to navigating > a site (as a user) that could in itself provide a barrier to use. > > Charles McCN -- Charles McCathieNevile mailto:charles@w3.org phone: +61 (0) 409 134 136 W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI Location: I-cubed, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Postal: GPO Box 2476V, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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