- From: Gez Lemon <gez.lemon@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 14:46:13 +0000
- To: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpatrick@macromedia.com>
- Cc: WCAG WG mailing list <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
HI Andrew, On 04/11/05, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpatrick@macromedia.com> wrote: > The assumption here is the the assistive technologies actually use the > code. That wasn't my assumption, although I will admit I had assumed that our guidelines weren't based on Microsoft's accessibility architecture. There is no way to assume a useful DOM if the markup isn't valid. > Not all validation errors are of the same level of importance to > accessibility. We have specific guidelines and techniques for important > errors, but most validation errors are insignificant. I've seen pages > with hundreds of accessibility issues that actual users find quite > accessible and useable. Are you sure the guidelines capture every validity error that might result in an accessibility barrier? How can we be sure we have all bases covered? Is it not simpler to merely require validity? More to the point, what exactly is the problem with validity? As so many people feel quite passionately that validity will kill the guidelines, although there's no evidence of this as it's in WCAG 1.0, I feel I'm missing some fundamental point. Thrashing out which validity errors cause accessibility barriers and those that don't isn't getting us very far, and is probably the reason this guideline is nowhere near ready. Best regards, Gez -- _____________________________ Supplement your vitamins http://juicystudio.com
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