Re: Conforming alternative for mobile should not be Desktop

Well said Jason...

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On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 2:02 PM, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org> wrote:

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> *From:* David MacDonald [mailto:david100@sympatico.ca]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 1, 2016 7:01 AM
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> I think we have to decide if the link at the bottom of the page to a
> desktop view, or a desktop site is ok with us for 2.1, currently in WCAG
> 2.0 it is OK.
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> *[Jason] It might be acceptable at Level A, but not at one of the other
> levels (either AA or AAA).*
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> The core of the question is whether content should be not only accessible
> to someone who has a disability, but whether it should be accessible to
> that person on the device that he or she happens currently to be using. For
> a person in an industrialized country who is well endowed with resources,
> switching to a different device (e.g., from a mobile device to a desktop)
> may be merely inconvenient. However, I am concerned that for those who are
> economically under-privileged, especially in places where resources and
> services for people with disabilities are very limited, moving to a
> different device to access a Web application needed for work, education or
> daily living could truly be problematic. If this is the case, then the
> question becomes, how different are the two versions, and how hard is it to
> access the conforming version from the mobile device?
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