- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 14:21:00 -0500
- To: Gregg C Vanderheiden <greggvan@umd.edu>
- Cc: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>, "w3c-waI-gl@w3. org" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Okay. Thank you. I'll leave the AAA as is then. Kindest Regards, Laura On 4/15/17, Gregg C Vanderheiden <greggvan@umd.edu> wrote: > No - you still need to rule out images of text - because those are pixels. > > Captions? would be nice to change. > > What I meant though was the “if the technology allows” can be dropped. > Then the AAA provision essentially becomes “do not use technologies that > don’t allow”. That of course would have to be at level AAA and is only > allowed there because we say that AAA should never be REQUIRED — because we > have a lot of testable but not universally applicable SC down in level AAA. > > > g > > Gregg C Vanderheiden > greggvan@umd.edu > > > >> On Apr 15, 2017, at 3:08 PM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Gregg, >> >> You wrote: >> >>> now at level AAA you can have an identical one that does not have the IF >>> clause in front of it. That would mean that you cannot use a technology >>> that does not allow it. And technology restrictive SC are usually at >>> the >>> AAA level — level AAA being for people who want to go the extra mile. >> >> For the AAA one don't we need to rule out images of text and captions? >> >> It currently reads: >> >> "Except for images of text and captions, a mechanism is available to >> set text styles of the page as follows with no loss of essential >> content or functionality." >> >> Instead do you recommend going with: >> >> "Text styles of the page can be overridden without losing essential >> content or functionality as follows:" >> >> Thoughts all? >> >> Kindest regards, >> Laura >> >> On 4/15/17, Gregg C Vanderheiden <greggvan@umd.edu >> <mailto:greggvan@umd.edu>> wrote: >>> yep >>> >>> That is what I meant >>> >>> AND that takes care of the technology problem too. If you are using a >>> technology that cannot support it — the SC does not apply to you >>> >>> now at level AAA you can have an identical one that does not have the IF >>> clause in front of it. That would mean that you cannot use a technology >>> that does not allow it. And technology restrictive SC are usually at >>> the >>> AAA level — level AAA being for people who want to go the extra mile. >>> >>> >>> Now all you need to do is test the SC on lots of pages and prove to >>> ourselves that this one is doable with all different content types. I >>> think I can be but don’t know unless we actually try to apply it in lots >>> of >>> places. >>> >>> >>> G >>> >>> >>> Gregg C Vanderheiden >>> greggvan@umd.edu >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 15, 2017, at 4:53 AM, Laura Carlson >>>> <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Gregg, >>>> >>>> Thank you for your patience. You wrote: >>>>>> just replace IT with what IT means. >>>>> Can you suggest text that everyone can live with? >>>> >>>> I don’t have the language in front of me — but what do you mean by IT? >>>> Just put that in place of the word >>>> >>>> It means override text styles. So maybe it could read something like: >>>> >>>> "If the technology being used has the ability to override text styles, >>>> text styles of the page can be overridden without losing essential >>>> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#essentialdef >>>> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#essentialdef>> content or functionality >>>> as >>>> follows:" Then list the bullet points. >>>> >>>> Does that work? >>>> >>>> Kindest regards, >>>> Laura >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Laura L. Carlson > > -- Laura L. Carlson
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