- From: Jason White <jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:22:20 +1100
- To: gv@trace.wisc.edu
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Gregg Vanderheiden writes: > > Hi Lee, Jason > > > Jason, I agree that moving them to informative might lose them. > I think the phrasing you used though still sounds like a command or > recommendation. > How about make them into topics rather than recommendations > > - sentence length and complexity > - number of ideas in sentences (1 is best) > - number of ideas in paragraphs (1 is best) > - use of jargon and other words that may not be familiar to readers of site. > > Etc. Interesting. My only reservation about this is that some of the above aren't sufficiently explicit as to what should be preferred. Try this: Sentence length and complexity (shorter and less complex sentences are easier to understand) [quoting Gregg] > - number of ideas in sentences (1 is best) > - number of ideas in paragraphs (1 is best) Avoidance of jargon likely to be unfamiliar to the intended audience These are less ambiguous but still can't be readily misconstrued as imperatives. Thoughts?
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