Re: Comment on change in scope for charter

+1 to the change, I'm fine with Patrick's edit...

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On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:

> 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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