Re: Conforming alternative for mobile should not be Desktop

On 29/06/2016 14:51, David MacDonald wrote:
> *Note 8: Sometimes specifically optimized views are delivered to the
> user agent based on screen size, device type, etc. A WCAG conforming
> view linked from such an optimized view could only be considered a
> conforming alternative if it has the same functionality as this
> optimized view. For example, a large screen view with a complicated
> menu, more content, or additional interface elements would not be a
> conforming alternative to a view optimized for small screen because the
> two have different functionality.

There's a danger here of directly contradicting Note 2 (though the note 
seems to be aimed at the "other way", going from a complex to a 
simplified version)

"The alternate version does not need to be matched page for page with 
the original (e.g., the conforming alternate version may consist of 
multiple pages)."
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#conforming-alternate-versiondef

So even if there are "more content", "additional interface elements" etc 
in the alternate version, it counts as alternate version under the 
current definition/note 2.

P
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Received on Wednesday, 29 June 2016 14:09:21 UTC