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Re: Revert Adapting text language replacing "adapt" with "change"

From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:57:46 -0600
Message-ID: <CAOavpvcx5pZW_PzjZ4kOYZGt_r2VtjtyFWm+rVuwHK_tyAD+_Q@mail.gmail.com>
To: "White, Jason J" <jjwhite@ets.org>
Cc: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, David MacDonald <david@can-adapt.com>, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
Hi Jason,

If the spacing parameters supplied by the author already meets or
exceeds the SC's specified metrics, the content passes the test using
the bookmarklet.

Best Regards,
Laura

On 11/16/17, White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org> wrote:
> I remain concerned that David's proposal doesn't address Andrew's case in
> which no "change" is necessary, because the content already meets the four
> requirements listed in the SC. I suppose one could say that there's a
> trivial null transformation involved (i.e., no change could still be treated
> as a "change"), which is however counter-intuitive and a very subtle -
> indeed dubious - interpretation of the text.
>
> I'm leaning toward saying, no, I can't live with David's revert.
>
> Perhaps "ensuring all of the following" would be better, where "ensuring"
> includes either changing or leaving alone if the author has already met the
> specified thresholds.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Laura Carlson [mailto:laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2017 10:05 AM
>> To: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
>> Cc: White, Jason J <jjwhite@ets.org>; WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>; David
>> MacDonald <david@can-adapt.com>; Alastair Campbell
>> <acampbell@nomensa.com>
>> Subject: Re: Revert Adapting text language replacing "adapt" with
>> "change"
>>
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> Text at the end of our November 13, 2017 meeting:
>>
>> "If the technologies being used allow the user agent to change text style
>> properties, the following can be achieved with no loss of essential
>> content or
>> functionality:
>> * the 4 things
>>
>> David's proposed revert [5]:
>>
>> "If the technologies being used allow the user agent to change text style
>> properties, then no loss of essential content or functionality occurs by
>> changing
>> all of the following:"
>> * the 4 things
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Kindest Regards,
>> Laura
>>
>> [5]
>> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.w3.o
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>>
>> On 11/16/17, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com> wrote:
>> > Laura,
>> > I’m sure that the options were clearly laid out somewhere in the
>> > thread, but I don’t have time to find it. Can you clearly lay out
>> > “before” and “proposed” options?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > AWK
>> >
>> > Andrew Kirkpatrick
>> > Group Product Manager, Accessibility
>> > Adobe
>> >
>> > akirkpat@adobe.com
>> > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitte
>> >
>> r.com%2Fawkawk&data=02%7C01%7Cjjwhite%40ets.org%7C700b333d209b412
>> a9c1a
>> >
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>> >
>> > On 11/16/17, 09:56, "Laura Carlson" <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >     Hello everyone,
>> >
>> >     I wrote:
>> >     > Andrew, Jason, and everyone else, can you live with reverting the
>> >     > adapting text language by replacing "adapt" with "change" as
>> > David
>> >     > suggested? [5]
>> >
>> >     Please let me rephrase that.
>> >
>> >     After reviewing the video demonstration, draft technique, and test
>> >     results can anyone not live with reverting the adapting text
>> > language
>> >     by replacing "adapt" with "change" to what David suggested?
>> >
>> >     Thank you.
>> >
>> >     Best Regards,
>> >     Laura
>> >
>> >     On 11/15/17, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >     > Hello Andrew, Jason, and all,
>> >     >
>> >     > Andrew wrote [1]:
>> >     >> It would help me to understand exactly what steps you envision
>> > a user
>> >     >> would need to
>> >     >> follow to achieve the following four items, and provide an
>> > example page
>> >     >> that shows
>> >     >> this working as you envision it.
>> >     >
>> >     > Alastair provided a video demonstration of what a person would
>> > need to
>> >     > do to test for the four items on the BBC and Adobe homepages.[2]
>> > Thank
>> >     > you, Alastair!
>> >     >
>> >     > For that step-by-step process in text, please check our draft
>> >     > technique "Allowing for Spacing Override". [3]
>> >     >
>> >     > For results of the testing that we completed using that
>> > step-by-step
>> >     > procedure, please check the "Results of Bookmarklet Tests for
>> > Issue
>> >     > 78".[4] Between July 25 and August 3, 2017, 67 pages were tested.
>> > If
>> >     > the spacing parameters supplied by the author already meets or
>> > exceeds
>> >     > the SC's specified metrics, the content passes the test using the
>> >     > bookmarklet.
>> >     >
>> >     > Does the video demonstration, draft technique, and test results
>> >     > provide the clarity needed?
>> >     >
>> >     > Andrew, Jason, and everyone else, can you live with reverting the
>> >     > adapting text language by replacing "adapt" with "change" as
>> > David
>> >     > suggested? [5]
>> >     >
>> >     > Thank you.
>> >     >
>> >     > Kindest Regards,
>> >     > Laura
>> >     >
>> >     > [1]
>> >
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>> >
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>> >
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>> >     >
>> >
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>> >
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>> >     >
>> >     > --
>> >     > Laura L. Carlson
>> >     >
>> >
>> >
>> >     --
>> >     Laura L. Carlson
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Laura L. Carlson
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Laura L. Carlson
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