RE: Checkpoint on testability

Good point william.  Puts it into the user camp.  Not knowing if you're 
getting full and correct information from a site can be as bad as getting 
incorrect information. Just like not knowing the reliability of a source 
telling you traffic is clear.

Len


At 10:25 AM 12/22/00 -0800, William Loughborough wrote:
>At 10:04 AM 12/22/00 -0800, Kynn Bartlett wrote:
>>just to make a web accessibility evaluator's job easier.
>
>It's because the "accessibility evaluator" is not a distinct person from 
>the "user". One aspect of using the Web is to be able to tell if a portion 
>thereof is going to be accessible. One could use a tool to determine this 
>if the testability information were included.
>
>It's a P2 simply because its absence makes "...difficult for people with 
>disabilities to access the web" in the above sense. One thing about the 
>Web (as distinct from particular Web chunks) that matters is being able to 
>determine if a site will work for your circumstances. This can only be 
>determined by an agent of yours if it's testable..
>
>--
>Love.
>                 ACCESSIBILITY IS RIGHT - NOT PRIVILEGE
>

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Received on Friday, 22 December 2000 16:32:17 UTC