- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 13:29:49 +1000 (EST)
- To: WAI <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
There is a beginning at http://saltimbocca.srl.rmit.edu.au/wai/mygl.html The basis is to identify each HTML element, and outline the issues raised. This was something I knocked up to demonstrate the idea in half an hour, not a finished product, but I would welcome feedback. 4 Points already raised: 1 It is incomplete. Yes - I have only worked on it for half an hour on Friday. If it seems worthwhile it should be relatively easy to complete 2 It does not cover all issues. There are some accessibility issues which do not relate to elements (or even attributes, which will be included in a finished version). An example is Sue's recent question about positioning navigation links. 3 It is no help to somebody who does not know how HTML works, but only uses an editor like FrontPage or Netscape Composer. This is true. Unfortunately the current state of authoring tools like FrontPage is that they cannot be used to produce accessible code unless you understand HTML. Fortunately HTML is a very easy language to learn. Even more fortunately, I happen to have a set of tutorials to which I can point, as well as the HTML 4.0 Specification itself. My recommendation to designers who want to produce accessible pages is fairly simple - if you can't write your own code, learn to, or switch professions. Unfortunately for the present I don't see any alternatives - talk to the people designing Authoring Tools. Or accept pages which just use Paragraphs, Headings, well-formed links and images with appropriate d-linking and alt text - anyone can learn to do those accessibly in an hour. If Layout is what you want, then knowledge is what you need. (enough rant) 4 These guidelines are not a substitute for the full guidelines. Correct. They are an additional information resource. The full guidelines specify the principles which must be applied. These guidelines provide an approach to applying these principles. Cheers Charles McCathieNevile
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