RE: Sv: Question from Last Week's WCAG Teleconference

I agree with Cynthia that a variable interface can be more accesssible than a
single fixed form. I think I disagree with Kynn that it is not necessary to
keep information exposed to the user about what equivalents are available /
presented, because I agree with Claus that it is important to be able to
repeatedly change preferences. But just having a question about everything,
all the time, as Kynn and Cynthia have pointed out, does not solve the
problem.

Cheers

Charles McCN

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Cynthia Shelly wrote:

  there is standard for forms, HTML 4.0
  cookies are a de-facto standard
   
  Neither of these is perfect, but both exist.  A single interface in
  compliance with WCAG 1.0 also relies on HTML 4.0, and is also not perfect.
   
  My point is that a site developer should be allowed to choose to build
  several optimized interfaces rather than a single interface, and that the
  first, if done well, can be MORE accessible than the second. 
  
  -----Original Message-----
  From: love26@gorge.net [mailto:love26@gorge.net]
  Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:59 PM
  To: Cynthia Shelly; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
  Subject: RE: Sv: Question from Last Week's WCAG Teleconference
  
  
  At 12:02 PM 10/26/00 -0700, Cynthia Shelly wrote:
  
  
  use a form to gather user preferences 
  
  I guess that's a big part of what I mean by pie-in-sky. Forms are a major
  stumbling block for someone like me and I suspect that I'm not too unusual
  in that respect. Maybe some day XForms will do something useful but
  meanwhile things like the "wallets" or Opera's personal data file, etc. are
  just public relations nonsense. If there's no standard, there's no way. I've
  typed my name and address about 3,576,347 times and once should have been
  enough. I shouldn't have to be asked in an emergency room if I'm allergic to
  penicillin or have adverse reactions to any medications. But I am asked and
  by a highly trained nurse who takes the information with pen/paper! As to
  what my "preferences" are, why would I know? I can't tell unless I already
  know too much. 
  
  The fact that the technology for this is almost trivial doesn't change the
  fact that it does not exist in practice. We'll see. Meanwhile we need to get
  out guidelines.
  
  --
  Love.
                  ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE 
  
  

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