- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:40:54 +1000 (EST)
- To: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
This has been a good discussion. The current draft avoids the "until user agents" qualification everywhere except in relation to auditory descriptions. Principle 6, which covers interim measures, is however partly covered by an implicit "until user agents" qualification, for example with respect to automatically refreshing, blinking and flickering content--these are important features that need to be controlled in circumstances where user agents fail to do so. Perhaps one way of expressing it, in rough terms, would be: "If you suspect that user agents may not provide control over these features (blinking, flicker, etc.), don't use them or provide an alternative version of the content". Naturally, this can be expressed in more formal terms and I would volunteer to rewrite some of the guidelines under Principle 6 accordingly. I still think Principle 1 needs work.
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