- From: Yvette P. Hoitink <y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:27:53 +0100
- To: "'Don McCunn (by way of Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>)'" <Don@AbleWebEditor.com>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Don and list, 4.1 is the checkpoint I volunteered to summarized the issues for. I'm currently working on that so your remark was timed perfectly for me. I will include your comment in my summary. My own 2 eurocents: The guideline only says "Technologies are used according to specification", not "Technologies are used according to the newest specification available". Nowhere in the guidelines does it say you can only use strict HTML. As I understand it, using valid HTML 4.01 transitional fully complies with 4.1. The backwards compatibility remark in my opinion refers to the use of attributes such as topmargin="0" for the body to eliminate the body padding in Netscape 4. This attribute is not a part of the HTML 4.01 specification, either in transitional or strict, so cannot be used in valid HTML documents that have to pass WCAG level 2. For level 1, such attributes may be used to provide backward compatibility. As you can see, our interpretations are quite different. Regardless of who is right and who is wrong, I think it would be wise to revise the wording of the guidelines so it's clear to everyone what is meant by it. Yvette Hoitink CEO Heritas, Enschede, The Netherlands E-mail: y.p.hoitink@heritas.nl > -----Original Message----- > From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org > [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Don McCunn > (by way of Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>) > Sent: woensdag 7 januari 2004 22:44 > To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org > Subject: Re: REF: 4.1 Move deprecated features > > Re: WCAG 2.0 Checkpoint 4.1 > > Excluding deprecated features is a major stumbling block for > compliance with the accessibility issue. It means that only > strict HTML will pass the test and that therefore any attempt > to make web pages viable for older browsers is extremely > limited. This aspect of the checkpoint alone forces Web > Developers to choose between making Web Sites accessible to > people with disabilities OR people with older Browsers. [snip]
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