- From: Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:17:54 +0000 (UTC)
- To: WAI-GL <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Level 1:
> 1. There is at least one user agent of which all of the following are
> true:
There are no user agents *for* which all of those things are true, and
there may never be.
> a. It meets the default set of requirements for conformance at Level A of
> the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
List three in common use that meet that requirement.
> b. It supports all of the technologies minimally required to create a
> functiona l presentation of the content [and to operate its
> functionality - do we need to mention functionality explicitly?].
Well, what does that mean? The default install of Firefox version 6 comes
with Flash and PDF readers?
> c. Each of the technologies required to create a functional presentation
> of the content, is listed in the user agent's UAAG 1.0 conformance
> profile.
Give me a *single* user agent in use *anywhere* today that meeets that
requirement.
Etc., etc.
This wording requires conformance to a set of guidelines, UAAG, that is
almost entirely ignored (as ATAG also is). The Web author has no power
whatsoever to make a user agent conform to UAAG. Make it a requirement and
nobody at all, nobody, will be able to comply with WCAG Level 1 for an
indeterminate number of years, probably five or more.
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Received on Friday, 10 September 2004 16:19:25 UTC