- From: <carl.myhill@ps.ge.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:24:45 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Sorry, been away for a bit - actually, not that sorry it was a great escape. On what you say below, I am not advocating following rules I don't understand. In fact, in my own websites I could just shove in an empty string into the default text part of my search form and claim WAI level 3 compliance as Mark Pilgrim does but why bother? I don't see the point in default text in a search box from a usability perspective and I see even less point in putting an empty string in there just so you score higher with a compliance robot. What I really meant was that although I have 11 years of experience as an interaction designer I have never designed anything for people with any kinds of disabilities specifically so I am inclined to follow these rules more than others because I find it hard to walk a mile in the shoes of a blind user - I don't know how screen reading devices really work. So, following learned guidelines, where they are easily accomodated into my designs, does not seem to be a big deal. Bobby also makes a pretty good job of explaining a lot of the why behind the things suggested. Carl -----Original Message----- From: John Foliot - WATS.ca [mailto:foliot@wats.ca] Sent: 11 November 2003 18:21 To: Myhill, Carl S (PS, GENS); w3c-wai-ig@w3.org; Jesper Tverskov Subject: Ouch!!! (was: RE: Nielsen's Latest Alertbox & a personal protest) [snip] If any checking tool recommends that you do something, find out why... there are loads of people on this list who would be only too happy to expand on a topic, or offer reasoning as to why a certain "recommendation" be implemented. [snip]
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