- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:42:35 -0700
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
I was gone all day yesterday, so you were spared my interactive dialogue on this subject. However, I remain unconvinced that every single page on the World Wide Web has an obligation to make itself understandable to every single person in the world of every cognitive/understanding level. I view "understandability" as a completely different issue from "accessibility", and while I have compassion for those who are unable to comprehend everything presented to them, I cannot possibly fathom the idea of instructing web designers to "dumb down" every single page they create, irregardless of the intended audience. Yes, everyone should be able to _access_ the information, and there should be a guarantee of _that_, but I cannot stomach the idea that it is _my_ obligation to make _every_ piece of information "understandable" in a way that is obvious to someone with a learning disability. -- Kynn Bartlett <kynn@hwg.org> President, Governing Board Member HTML Writers Guild <URL:http://www.hwg.org> Director, Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education Center <URL:http://aware.hwg.org/>
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