RE: [teitac-websoftware] Color

Hmmmm

Well of course no information is conveyed by sameness of color.  But there
are differences in color that do not convey information.  And there is
information convey in other ways.   It is only information conveyed by
difference in color that the provision applies to.

I thought about color coding.   But color coding is too pedagogical I
believe.  It is a good theoretical construct but too narrowly interpreted in
practice.   And it is more technical jargon when we said we would try to use
plain English as we can.



Gregg
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Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Hayes [mailto:Sean.Hayes@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:39 AM
> To: Gregg Vanderheiden; w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> Subject: RE: [teitac-websoftware] Color
>
> Reads a bit better, but I still see a problem in using
> 'difference'; after all what information is conveyed by
> sameness in color?
>
> My preferred wording, as I've suggested in WCAG, is to use
> color coding
>
> 1.4.1 Use of Color: Any information that is conveyed by color
> coding
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#informationbycolordef> is
> also simultaneously evident visually without the color coding.
>
>
>
> Sean Hayes
> Incubation Lab
> Accessibility Business Unit
> Microsoft
>
> From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org
> [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gregg Vanderheiden
> Sent: 21 August 2007 17:19
> To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
> Subject: FW: [teitac-websoftware] Color
>
> From TEITAC (508)  discussion.
>
> I think Sailesh's edit is a good editorial one to make.
>
>
> CHANGE  "simultaneously visually evident",   TO
> "simultaneously evident visually"
>
> ALSO another related (non Sailesh) change
>  CHANGE  "conveyed by color differences"  TO    "conveyed by
> difference in color"
>
> Does anyone think that is less clear or changes the meaning?
> Here is the context.
> CURRENT WORDING
> 1.4.1 Use of Color: Any information that is conveyed by color
> differences
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#informationbycolordef> is
> also simultaneously visually evident without the color differences
>
> PROPOSED NEW WORDING
>
> 1.4.1 Use of Color: Any information that is conveyed by
> difference in color
> <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#informationbycolordef> is
> also simultaneously evident visually without the color difference.
>
>
> Gregg
>  -- ------------------------------
> Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
> ________________________________
> From: teitac-websoftware-bounces@list.teitac.org
> [mailto:teitac-websoftware-bounces@list.teitac.org] On Behalf
> Of Sailesh Panchang
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 8:17 AM
> To: 'TEITAC Web/Software Subcommittee'
> Subject: Re: [teitac-websoftware] Color
>
> "Difference in color"  between parts of content is the key.
> So I vote for the WCAG2 statement and Greg's reasoning if I may.
> That statement precisely conveys the evaluation criterion.
> In the WCAG2 statement  I suggest a small editorial change:
> Instead of "simultaneously visually evident", I feel
> "simultaneously  evident visually" reads better without loss
> of meaning.
>
>
> Sailesh Panchang
> Senior Accessibility Engineer
> Deque Systems Inc. (www.deque.com)
> 11130 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite #140,
> Reston VA 20191
> Phone: 703-225-0380 (ext 105)
> E-mail: sailesh.panchang@deque.com
>

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