- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 18:14:56 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
As part of the second questionnaire in the HTML Writers Guild's Accessibility Guidelines Implementation project, the participants were asked to give their thoughts on specific questions regarding the W3C's WAI guidelines for page authors dated April 14, 1998. The results included: Overall Opinion: 90% of the participants liked the guidelines document 10% of the participants did not Size of Document: 74% felt the length was appropriate 15% felt it was too short 10% felt it was too long Complexity: 69% were satisfied with the complexity 21% felt it was too technical 10% felt it was not technical enough Emphasis on HTML 4.0: 56% felt the emphasis on HTML 4.0 was appropriate 38% stated that HTML 4.0 was emphasized too much 2% had no opinion Emphasis on Stylesheets/CSS: 54% felt there was _too much_ emphasis on the use of styles 36% stated the emphasis was appropriate 10% stated no opinion Recommended vs. Required: 97% understood the difference between recommended and required 3% did not understand this difference 92% felt the distinction is important 5% did not feel it was an important distinction 3% offered no opinion on the importance of the distinction Interim vs. New: 51% did _not_ understand the difference between Interim and New 49% did understand the difference 49% felt the distinction important 25% did not feel the distinction important 25% did not offer an opinion on the importance of the distinction Effects of Reading the Guidelines: 89% stated that they have new insight into accessible web design after reading the guidelines 8% stated they did not 3% did not know These results can be used to form a general impression of how a typical web designer reads and understands the WAI guidelines for page authoring. In particular, attention should be drawn to the fact that most felt the emphasis on stylesheet usage to be inappropriate, and the distinction between "Interim" and "New" suggestions was not easily understood. More complete results from the AGI project will be released as analysis continues. The AGI homepage is at: http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/projects/agi/ -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@idyllmtn.com> http://www.idyllmtn.com/~kynn/ Owner, Idyll Mountain Internet http://www.idyllmtn.com/ Board member, HTML Writers Guild http://www.hwg.org/ Virtual Dog Show Co-Coordinator http://www.dogshow.com/ MLists Mailing List Service http://www.mlists.com/
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