Re: Failures Definition (Problem?)

John Foliot wrote:
> "​The question for this group is, ​do we really mean an alternative *version*, or do we mean an alternative *technique*?"

Hi John, 

I think I understand this better having read it now. 

I thought the idea for failures (and there reason there are so few of them) is that it represents something that universally & always fails.

Applying an alternative technique doesn't make sense because they could not have applied any technique that meets the SC.

The text:
"Failures are things that cause accessibility barriers and fail specific success criteria... Content that has a failure does not meet WCAG success criteria, unless an alternate version is provided without the failure."

I agree that we should encourage people to use a technique that meets the criteria (whether or not it's from the WCAG techniques), but if it matches a failure, that is a failure.

It is a last resort. 

Cheers,

-Alastair

Received on Thursday, 22 September 2016 08:43:02 UTC