RE: Conforming alternative for mobile should not be Desktop

> Because if so, this definition would negate the idea of a "conforming alternate version" (and seriously undermine any attempt at providing customisation options), unless you explicitly exclude those from the definition, a la:

I agree, the word customization I think is problematic unless we carefully define what we mean and provide allowance for user preferences.

Jonathan 

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk] 
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 4:09 PM
To: WCAG; public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org
Subject: Re: Conforming alternative for mobile should not be Desktop

On 30/06/2016 20:26, David MacDonald wrote:
> Given Loretta's response, I think we can formalize this and unify 
> expert opinion with a small amendment to the Understanding Conformance document.
>
> It seems this is not a change to the current WCAG 2, therefore we can 
> manage this with a sentence added to Understanding Conformance 
> Criteria 2. It doesn't need to be part of the normative document. It 
> could read like this:
>
> "The full page includes each view of the page that is customized for 
> various devices, browsers, or screen sizes. Each of these views would 
> need to conform in order for the entire page to conform."
>
> https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/conformance.html


As much as I'd love to just wave this through now, a question: does "view" also include, in this definition, an alternative that is served from the same URI but has been reached by following an explicit link (for argument's sake, the "desktop version" link on the "mobile version", or a "screenreader friendly" version, or a version where the user had an in-page mechanism to set their preference for text size, color contrast, etc)? Because if so, this definition would negate the idea of a "conforming alternate version" (and seriously undermine any attempt at providing customisation options), unless you explicitly exclude those from the definition, a la:

"The full page includes each view of the page that is customized for
  various devices, browsers, or screen sizes. Each of these views (or their respective conforming alternate versions) would need to conform in order for the entire page to conform."

which I believe would then send the entire discussion back to the start.

P
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