Re[2]: Errata on WCAG 2.0 1.3.3 and 1.4.1

+1

------ Original Message ------
From: "Laura Carlson" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
To: "Andrew Kirkpatrick" <akirkpat@adobe.com>
Cc: "WCAG" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Sent: 17/05/2017 12:12:28
Subject: Re: Errata on WCAG 2.0 1.3.3 and 1.4.1

>+1
>
>Kindest Regards,
>Laura
>
>On 5/16/17, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com> wrote:
>>  Gregg suggested (correctly, I believe) that the original intent of 
>>1.3.3 and
>>  1.4.1 is being misunderstood due to the language of the notes.
>>
>>  The suggestion is to remove the notes for both SC and the explicitly 
>>add
>>  “color” to the list of sensory characteristics in 1.3.3:
>>
>>  1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics: Instructions provided for 
>>understanding and
>>  operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of
>>  components such as shape, size, @@color,@@ visual location, 
>>orientation, or
>>  sound.
>>
>>  Color is clearly a sensory characteristic, so we could also just 
>>handle the
>>  addition of “color” in the understanding document but I think that 
>>given
>>  that color is explicitly discussed in 1.4.1 it may decrease possible
>>  misunderstandings.
>>
>>  Step one is to add this to the errata document. Step two would be to
>>  implement the change in the WCAG 2.1 release.
>>
>>  What do people think?
>>
>>  Thanks,
>>  AWK
>>
>>  Andrew Kirkpatrick
>>  Group Product Manager, Accessibility
>>  Adobe
>>
>>  akirkpat@adobe.com
>>  http://twitter.com/awkawk
>>
>
>
>--
>Laura L. Carlson
>

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