- From: Neil Whiteley <neil.whiteley@tag2.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:26:27 +0100
- To: "'Gez Lemon'" <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Hi Gez, Gez wrote: <blockquote> It's clear there is no point in continuing to debate this issue. Any serious points are ignored, and I think you're right in that this issue is a foregone conclusion. </blockquote> Unfortunately, I think that you have a point here. As an advocate of Web Standards, I was going to chip in and highlight some of the benefits of validity in relation to accessibility as you have. I was going to ask for somebody in the *against* camp to do the opposite so that a simple "pros-cons" analysis could be performed. (I have a feeling that many could predict the outcome). I was going to ask how one W3C-WG could even contemplate delivering guidance that diminished the importance of the outputs of another W3C-WG. I was going to mention that I believed that this issue would not be resolved here as there are too many conflicting views, the usual scenario, whether backed up with evidence or not. I believe that the issue will be resolved at some future face to face that most cannot or may not attend. I was going to say that the outcomes of systems developed in this way, i.e. with little or no stakeholder involvement, are likely to be that the vast majority of active commercial Web Developers will choose to ignore this version of WCAG as they have the previous. Either because it is too complex in their assessment or because they have had little or no input. I was going to mention that interpretations of WCAG 1.0 are still being debated with little consensus as we speak. Organisations such as GAWDS www.gawds.org, amongst others, debate the issues to such an extent that its active members have virtually re-written WCAG 1.0 and decided amongst themselves which criteria are in fact important. Having monitored the posts over the last couple of days, I decided not to mention any of it. :) Regards, Neil Whiteley Tag2
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