RE: Checkpoint on testability

Hmmm. I am not sure if this reequires testability - maybe it is a requirement
for an actual evaulation, or information about the accessibility of a page
(currently required by WCAG 1.0, by the way).

CHarles McCN

On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Leonard R. Kasday wrote:

  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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