Re: Comment on change in scope for charter

On 02/12/2016 00:33, Andrew Kirkpatrick wrote:
> WCAG’ers,
>
> Concerns were expressed that the charter scope should be clarified:
>
>  1. While addressing the requirements of digital publishing is believed
>     to already be covered by the charter a commenter would like to see
>     explicit mention.
>  2. A concern was raised that the scope appears to limit the areas in
>     which updates can be made.
>
> The bullet in question:
> Support the application of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to
> mobile and touch devices through the development of Normative updates to
> WCAG 2.0, as well as adding improvements to better support users with
> low vision and cognitive, language, and learning impairments.
>
> I propose changing the scope bullet to the following:
> Support the application of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines to
> mobile use cases and digital publications through the development of a
> recommendation-track update to WCAG 2.0, as well as adding improvements
> to better support users with disabilities including low vision and
> cognitive, language, and learning impairments.

This change makes the mistake of boiling down "mobile and touch devices" 
to just "mobile use cases"...which completely misses the point that 
touch devices are not just mobile (see for instance two-in-one 
laptop/tablet hybrids, desktops with touchscreens). If anything, I'd 
expand that bit instead to "mobile devices, a wider range of inputs such 
as touchscreens and and stylus digitizers, and digital publications..." 
or similar.

P
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