- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:46:07 -0800
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
>Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:45:25 -0800 >To: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@sonic.net>, poehlman1@home.com, w3c-wai-ig@w3.org >From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com> >Subject: Re: Multiple versions of a web page >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >At 8:19 AM -0800 12/24/01, Scott Luebking wrote: >>in a way goes back to the question that I was asked by some CHI-WEB >>people, especially in light of Jakob Nielsen's report. How much >>is accessibility improved by the guidelines? How is this improvement >>measured? > >I think this is an excellent question that needs to be addressed by >the WCAG working group; I think it's vitally important that we have >some testable metrics not only to whether or not our guidelines are >being met, but also to what degree that improves (or doesn't improve) >access by our core audiences. > >If Nielsen's work teaches us nothing else, it should teach us that >standard empirical methods of research and study can be applied to >accessibility and it's not just pie-in-the-sky hopes and personal >anecdotes. [*] > >--Kynn > >[*] Yes, I am aware that many organizations, e.g. TRACE, have been > doing research on such matters for years; however, I still see > very little of hard, citable research going into guideline > development, and a lot more weight is given to the dogmatic > desires of markup purists or to a few random, unsupported > assertions by people with or without disabilities. > >-- > >Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com >Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com >Web Accessibility Expert-for-hire http://kynn.com/resume >January Web Accessibility eCourse http://kynn.com/+d201 -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://kynn.com Chief Technologist, Idyll Mountain http://idyllmtn.com Web Accessibility Expert-for-hire http://kynn.com/resume January Web Accessibility eCourse http://kynn.com/+d201
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