RE: [12] Use of headings

John,

Good point. How do the following revisions sound?

Required Success Criteria for Checkpoint 1.1
Best Practice for Checkpoint 1.1
Definitions for Checkpoint 1.1 (Informative)
Benefits of Checkpoint 1.1 (Informative)
Examples of Checkpoint 1.1 (Informative)

-Ben

> -----Original Message-----
> From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of John M Slatin
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:35 PM
> To: Ben Caldwell; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> Subject: RE: [12] Use of headings
> 
> 
> Ben, the proposal does sound reasonable.  But I notice that the proposed
> text for definition headings puts the numbers first (1.1.2 etc.) whereas
> the others put the words first (Success criteria for ...).  I'd suggest
> putting the letters first, both for consistency's sake and because it
> makes navigation faster.  For example, people who use JAWS or Home Page
> Reader can navigate the headings list alphabetically: hit "D" and you
> jump to the next item in the list that begins with that letter.  If the
> numerals come first, it'll take longer, since there's 1.1.1, 1.1.2,
> etc., plus the possibility of even deepr nesting.
> 
> John
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Caldwell [mailto:caldwell@trace.wisc.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 1:25 pm
> To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> Subject: RE: [12] Use of headings
> 
> 
> 
> Gregg asked:
> 
> > Sounds good.   You mean like adding the number of the respective
> guideline
> > /
> > checkpoint to the repetitive heading to make the headings unique?
> 
> Yes. Checkpoint 1.1 would include checkpoint numbers in headings as
> follows:
> 
> Required Success Criteria for Checkpoint 1.1
> Best Practice for Checkpoint 1.1
> 1.1 Definitions (Informative)
> 1.1 Benefits (Informative)
> 1.1 Examples (Informative)
> 
> I've modified the XSL for our draft to insert these numbers
> automatically and will include it in the next draft.
> 
> Does this sound like a reasonable proposed resolution to Issue #12 [1]?
> 
> -Ben
> 
> [1] http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=12

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