- From: Graham Oliver <graham_oliver@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 02:27:38 +0100 (BST)
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
I would like to suggest the following possibility for the definition of 'content'. Split 'content' into 'Passive content' - Content that requires no action from the user (such as 'normal' text or an image or a background sound) and 'Interactive content' - Content that requires action from the user (such as a link or a button or an image map) and the following rewordings of the first 3 Design Principles 1. Create 'passive' content that allows presentation in accordance with users' needs, abilities and preferences. 2. Design 'interactive' content that is easy to use and performs in accordance with users' needs, abilities and preferences. 3. Create 'passive' content that is easy to understand. My reasoning is 1. There is a clear distinction in the world of web site creation between (the (passive) content creators and the programmers / designers). The rewording seeks to mirror that distinction. 2. The WCAG document seems to use the word 'content' to mean different things (what I have termed 'passive content' and 'interactive content') One apparent consequence of this is to move checkpoint 2.6 into section 1 (if the user has no control over the frequency of the flickering) Also ,the 'ease of use' moves from '3' to '2'. Note that I have also added the word 'abilities' to the first 2 principles. This mirrors comments I heard recently from Neil Scott from the archimedes project at Stanford http://archimedes.stanford.edu// Increasing focus on abilities would appear to create a more 'powerful' statement of 'working with' rather than 'working for' people with disabilities. Regards Graham Oliver ===== 'Making on-line information accessible' Mobile Phone : +64 25 919 724 - New Zealand Work Phone : +64 9 846 6995 - New Zealand AIM ID : grahamolivernz ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
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