- From: Chris Ridpath <chris.ridpath@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:24:46 -0500
- To: "WAI WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Thanks for all your comments in the recent straw poll. I'll try to respond to the major issues below. Several people asked why we didn't combine several of the tests into one test (example, the tests dealing with input label). We're trying to keep a very fine level of granularity in the test suite so that we can make the specification more precise. With regard to the input tests, not all input elements require a label so I had to specify the ones that do require a label. It would likely make it more human readable if the checklists and techniques combine all those input tests into one. But at the test suite level I'd like to keep them separate. The checklists and techniques could also group other tests to make them more usable. There were several comments regarding the wording of the tests and I agree that our test suite is in need of some good wordsmithing. I think that we all agree on the principle of the test but we need to work on the wording. This could be done now or we can wait a bit until the suite is almost complete. Waiting a while would give us the benefit of seeing a bigger picture of the suite and would allow us to easier pick out commonalities in the wording. I'd appreciate any help with proofreading or wordsmiting. There were several questions about the usefulness of some of the tests and could we allow other methods of doing the same thing. Most of these tests have been discussed at great length on the lists or our teleconferences but some of the resolutions have been lost or buried. This reminds me that we need to keep good records of the resolutions we reach and make these available. This could reduce the questions that arise on already resolved issues. Cheers, Chris
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