- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 11:46:40 -0600
- To: "Yvette P. Hoitink" <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
I agree: "Brief" is better than "terse" (and it's shorter than "concise"...) "Good design is accessible design." Please note our new name and URL! John Slatin, Ph.D. Director, Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, f 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility/ -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Yvette P. Hoitink Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:13 am To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org Subject: HTML techniques - "Terse" substitutes for header labels (no blocker) Going over the HTML techniques draft, I came across the technique called "Terse substitutes for header labels": <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/WD-WCAG20-HTML-TECHS-20031020.html#data tabl es_abbr> I am not a native speaker of English, but I do read a lot of books and articles in English (on average 500-1000 pages per week for the last 10 years or so) so I do not think I have a limited vocabulary. However, I had never heard of the word "terse" before. When I looked it up using dictionary.com, it said "Brief and to the point; effectively concise". Wouldn't "brief" be a better word, i.e. "Brief substitutes for header labels". Or even "short", to use the simplest words to convey the meaning. Yvette Hoitink CEO Heritas, Enschede, The Netherlands
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