Re: Removing 1.4.8

> We've made progress.

Indeed! "Slow but steady wins the race" - The Tortoise
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare> ;-)

JF

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:53 PM Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> Well Level AAA is kind of experimental. I was just thinking we have solved
> most of the issues raised by this SC.
>
> Maybe we should just point out in the Understanding that if you satisfy
> WCAG 2.1, you have already have met or exceeded 1.4.8  (2), (4) and (5).
> All that is needed is to enable user choice of color (1) and remove
> justification of running text.
>
> We've made progress.
>
> Best Wayne
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 10:06 AM John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Katie, your post starts with one lower-case word ("public") - was that
>> intentional or was some content lost in transmission?
>>
>> @Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com> if as you note 1.4.8 has been
>> subsumed by 1.4.10 Level AA, then why mess with 1.4.8? One of our "prime
>> directives" during WCAG 2.1 was to ensure it was backward compatible, and
>> not every organization is striving for 2.1 conformance, so I'd "leave
>> sleeping dogs lay" as it were.
>>
>> My $0.05 Cdn.
>>
>> JF
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 6:05 PM Katie Haritos-Shea <ryladog@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> public. Would have concerns about removing any 2.x SC and makes notes on
>>> the outcome of this discussion for Silver
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 6:59 PM Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wayne, do you think the justification requirement of 1.4.8 is clearly
>>>> covered by SC 1.4.10?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Wayne Dick <wayneedick@gmail.com>
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 6, 2019 6:54 PM
>>>> *To:* GLWAI Guidelines WG org <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
>>>> *Subject:* Removing 1.4.8
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Except for color access, the content of 1.4.8 has been subsumed by
>>>> 1.4.10 Level AA.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suggest removing all but 1.4.8 1. Foreground and background colors
>>>> can be selected by the user and keeping that Level AAA.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Comments?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best Wayne
>>>>
>>>
>>
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>> *​John Foliot* | Principal Accessibility Strategist | W3C AC
>> Representative
>> Deque Systems - Accessibility for Good
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>>
>>

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