- From: Marjolein Katsma <hgnje001@sneakemail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 20:04:35 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 18:56 2004-02-12, Juan Ulloa wrote: >Hi all, again. > >Is the common abbreviation of cutting out the first 2 digits of the year >an accessibility problem? > >2003 = '03 or 2004 = '04. > >Is the abbreviation tag useful for this purpose? Or is the abbreviation >so common that if used in context it makes as much sense to a visual user >as to somebody accessing the website through a screen reader? Actually, abbreviation of years doesn't make any sense to me at all. When it's just two digits it's highly confusing (I can't immediately recognize it as a year, it might be any number, or a month, or a day); when you use an apostrophe you gain just one character, but still lose clarity. Why not use the full year? -- Marjolein Katsma Spam Reporting Addresses: http://banspam.javawoman.com/report3.html
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