Re: CFC: 1.3.3/1.4.1 Errata

+1
Jim Allan

On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
wrote:

> Call For Consensus — ends Tuesday May 23rd at 2:50pm Boston time.
>
> The Working Group has discussed the addition of errata for 1.3.3 and 1.4.1
> on the list (https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/
> 2017AprJun/0650.html) and on the call on Thursday and the chairs believe
> that there is consensus for the changes that will be reflected in the
> errata (https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/errata/) as editorial errata.
>
> After editorial errata:
>
> 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics: Instructions provided for understanding and
> operating content do not rely solely on sensory characteristics of
> components such as shape, *color,* size, visual location, orientation, or
> sound. (Level A)  *(added “color, “)*
> *(note removed)*
>
> 1.4.1 Use of Color: Color is not used as the only visual means of
> conveying information, indicating an action, prompting a response, or
> distinguishing a visual element. (Level A)
> *(note removed)*
>
> For background:
> Call minutes: https://www.w3.org/2017/05/18-ag-minutes.html#item01
>
> If you have concerns about this proposed consensus position that have not
> been discussed already and feel that those concerns result in you “not
> being able to live with” this decision, please let the group know before
> the CfC deadline.
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Standards and Accessibility
> Adobe
>
> akirkpat@adobe.com
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
> Adobe
>
> akirkpat@adobe.com
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
>



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