- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 09:28:39 -0400 (EDT)
- To: "Yvette P. Hoitink" <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl>
- Cc: tcroucher@netalleynetworks.com, w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
A common problem with Microsoft clip art is that the images are pretty familiar, but in so many different contexts that they don't have a lot of meaning. Chaals On Fri, 10 Oct 2003, Yvette P. Hoitink wrote: > >Maybe my tetrahedron can help as a source of inspiration? It's just standard >Microsoft clipart but I think the concepts are pretty international (please >correct me if I'm wrong). > >My version can be seen at <http://www.webeone.org/wcagtet.htm>. It's a >refinement of William Loughborough's idea to make the principles more >tangible using a tetrahedron. > >Yvette Hoitink >CEO Heritas, Enschede, The Netherlands > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org >> [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Tom Croucher >> Sent: vrijdag 10 oktober 2003 10:25 >> To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org >> Subject: Fwd: Action Item >> >> >> >> >> >> ------- Forwarded message ------- >> From: Kerstin Goldsmith <kerstin.goldsmith@oracle.com> >> To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> >> Subject: Action Item >> Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 20:10:36 -0700 >> >> > >> > Hi, Folks. >> > >> > I like where Tom Croucher is going with the images of the 4 >> > Principles. >> > My only warning would be that, as this is an international effort, >> > images of hands and faces can be offensive in some >> cultures, so we will >> > likely want to do an internationalization check with >> Richard Ishida, et >> > al, at some point before going too far with any designs. >> > >> > That being said, my action item was to investigate whether >> or not any >> > of >> > the 4 Principles had any universally accepted images/icons >> already - or, >> > if not universally accepted, as least images/icons of some kind in >> > existence. I have not been able to find any visual >> respresentations to >> > date, either through my own searching, or through my >> UI/Design Team. >> > Sorry. >> > >> > So, let the creative juices flow - I guess we can talk >> about assigning >> > folks the action item of coming up with proposals now? >> > >> > Cheers, >> > -Kerstin >> > >> >> >> > > Charles McCathieNevile http://www.w3.org/People/Charles tel: +61 409 134 136 SWAD-E http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/Europe fax(france): +33 4 92 38 78 22 Post: 21 Mitchell street, FOOTSCRAY Vic 3011, Australia or W3C, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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