Re: Desktop view should not be conforming alternative to mobile view

Great suggestion, David! And I would also suggest that conforming mobile apps do not need to link to their desktop counterparts and we should make that explicit. 

Mike

> On Jun 28, 2016, at 8:41 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> There are two parts of the definition for conforming alternative that could be used to ensure a mobile view is notleft inaccessible with the desktop view as the conforming alternative. 
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> ​      "​2. provides all of the same information and functionality in the same human language​", 
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> A mobile view has different functionality  (sort of) than a desktop view​.
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>      ​"T​he conforming version can be reached from the non-conforming page via an accessibility-supported mechanism​""​
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> Many mobile pages load automatically and don't have a mechanism to switch to desktop view.​ 
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> ​​But I don't think these parts of the definitions are strong enough to ensure the mobile view must be made to conform to WCAG.​
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>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 8:32 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>> ​We currently have a bit of a hole in WCAG 2 that I think we should plug in 2.1.
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>> If a web page has a conforming alternative, then it doesn't need to conform itself. However, in the world of responsible design, it means if the desktop version conforms, the mobile version does not need to. I think we should plug this in WCAG 2.1.
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>> It might be as  simple as adding a sentence to the definition of conforming alternative that large screen views of web pages do not qualify as a conforming alternative to small screen views. It will take some thought as to the exact wording and approach but it needs to be addressed I woulds say, otherwise organizations may just say they don't meed to make the mobile view accessible.
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>> https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#conforming-alternate-versiondef​
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>> Cheers,
>> David MacDonald
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