- From: john_slatin <john_slatin@forum.utexas.edu>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:51:23 -0600
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Under level 1: Current wording (in Avi's message): "* Terms that should be familiar to the intended audience are favored over terms that are less likely to be understood." Comment: [js] "favored" might be a difficult word for some to understand, especially in this passive construction. Suggestion: "... Are used instead of..." or " are used more often than ..." A similar construction appears under the level 2 success criterion, and I'd make the same proposal there. Current wording in Avi's message reads: "* Sentences are limited to a single idea. * Paragraphs are limited to a single idea." Comment" [js] Saying that both sentences and paragraphs should be limited to a single idea appears to imply that every sentence should be a paragraph (and that all paragraphs are therefore one sentence long). That could actually make text harder to understand. I don't have a good proposal to offer at this point. Under level 2, making the success criteria declarative (as per consensus and Gregg's note) will also make many of these items easier to read and understand. Current wording in Avi's message reads: "* Would long paragraphs be easier to understand if rewritten as vertical lists?" Comment: [js] I think this one is hard to test as written. Perhaps it should indicate that long paragraphs containing lists or series in sentence form may be easier to understand when formatted as lists. (Sorry, this is the best I can do right now!). John John Slatin, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Technology & Learning University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station G9600 FAC 248C Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu web http://www.ital.utexas.edu
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