Re: WCAG proposal for discussion

On 18/05/2016 09:56, Alastair Campbell wrote:
[...]
> When it comes to how to present this information, I would again shy away
> from categorizing by disability. One of the best things about WCAG2 is
> that it is a coherent whole, each guideline is applicable in general and
> you don’t have to cross-reference against other categories.
>
> If the best practices (or whatever they are called) are by disability,
> you are forced to think by audience. If you are designing one thing, you
> then have to work through different best-practices to check it works for
> different people. For example, if you are designing or developing a
> forms interface, you have to go through every set of best practices in
> order to find the relevant bits in each.
>
> WCAG2 uses POUR, which is good for guidelines (I’ve not thought of a
> better way of categorizing them in general).
>
[...]
>
> But for best-practices, I would recommend *functional categories*. E.g.
> layout & navigation, basic forms, colour use, content (headings, lists,
> alt text, labelling), video/multimedia, ARIA widgets.

+1

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