Re: CFC - Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile)

Hey folks,
I have a couple questions about this. I'm broadly supportive of this kind
of effort. Clarity on how to apply WCAG to mobile is important work. But
there are some things which make me unsure about the precise approach that
was taken here:

1. How frequently do we think this document is going to need to be updated
to keep it current? Mobile technologies change fairly rapidly. Why did the
group choose a working group note for this? These are generally not used
for things that need regular maintenance, which it seems like this would
need.

2. If a note is the best way to do this, I'm wondering whether it wouldn't
be better to incorporate this work into WCAG2ICT. This document seems a
little odd to me, it essentially adds notes on top of WCAG2ICT, which
itself is a document that adds notes on top of WCAG 2.2. Is there a good
reason for this to be its own document, other than it is created by a
different task force? It seems like how we organize the task forces
shouldn't dictate which documents we have. The other way around seems more
appropriate.

3. Which operating systems are considered for this guidance? Having asked
TF participants this seems to be all about Android and iOS. While those are
certainly dominant in the US, that's not reflective of the international
market. To what extent does this guidance apply to HarmonyOS or Ubuntu
Touch for example? Guidance for Android and iOS is valuable, but if that's
the current scope of the work I feel that should be much clearer, including
in the document's name. I also wonder how this applies to tablet-only
operating systems such as ChromeOS and SteamOS. Can we get some clarity on
this?

4. Why did the group choose to use WCAG 3.0's "view" definition? This is
something that is actively being worked on, and so any change can alter the
meaning of WCAG2Mobile guidance. It would seem better for this document had
its own definition of view. Those could then be helpful input for WCAG 3.0.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
wrote:

> Call For Consensus — ends Monday March 24th at Mid-day Boston time.
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> The Mobile Accessibility Task Force would like to publish the *First
> Public* Working Draft of “Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile
> (WCAG2Mobile)”
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> https://w3c.github.io/matf/
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> Call minutes: https://www.w3.org/2024/12/10-ag-minutes.html#851d
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> (There was also a pre-CFC:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2025JanMar/0060.html )
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> Since the pre-CFC the only change has been to adjust the name of the
> document (adding “applications”).
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> 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 accept this decision, please let the group know before the CfC
> deadline.
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> Kind regards,
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> -Alastair
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> alastairc.uk / www.nomensa.com
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