- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 23:26:56 -0500 (EST)
- To: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- cc: Scott Luebking <phoenixl@sonic.net>, <poehlman1@home.com>, WAI IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Kynn, you will then be as pleased as I am that the WCAG group is working with a few organisations (notably in the UK) to empirically test the usability of WCAG 2 in particular, following some research done and published on WCAG 1.0. It is listed as an issue by the group - you should be able to follow it there. http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wcag20-issues.html#14 cheers Charles McCN On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Kynn Bartlett wrote: I think this is an excellent question that needs to be addressed by the WCAG working group; I think it's vitally important that we have some testable metrics not only to whether or not our guidelines are being met, but also to what degree that improves (or doesn't improve) access by our core audiences. If Nielsen's work teaches us nothing else, it should teach us that standard empirical methods of research and study can be applied to accessibility and it's not just pie-in-the-sky hopes and personal anecdotes. [*] --Kynn
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