- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 12:27:30 +1000
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Cc: Web Content Guidelines <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Al Gilman writes: > Does this make any sense? Yes, but it is rather vague and very hypothetical--sorry Al. The WCAG 2.0 draft gives a very good indication of what this working group has aimed to achieve by writing general guidelines and checkpoints that don't address specific technologies. If there are problems with this draft that result from the design decisions which the working group has made in this respect, then it would be important to ascertain, in concrete terms, what these are. Specifically, is it possible to read the current draft with Al's arguments in mind and identify significant problems that are likely to hinder comprehension or application of the guidelines, bearing in mind the technology-specific layer which is presently being written? In part of course, the "usability testing" proposal will provide data on which to make that assessment, but given the issues which Al raised in his message I find it very difficult to derive concrete, verifiable hypotheses regarding the current draft, the validity of which can be tested to determine whether there really is or is not a problem here. Disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are my personal views only.
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