- From: Alastair Campbell <ac@nomensa.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 13:05:44 +0100
- To: Andy Budd <andy@message.uk.com>
- CC: W <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Andy Budd wrote: > I'm personally interested in how the WAI guidelines were derived. Are > they a result of comprehensive user testing, or simply recommendations > from accessibility experts? I've not been involved in creating the guidelines, however, I can say that doing an audit based on the WCAG v1 checkpoints has tallied very to usability testing with people of various abilities (e.g. people who use screen readers, screen magnifiers, browser controls and people who are deaf, have mild cognitive impairments and/or motor difficulty.) Although the weighting was a little different (testing showed more of the 'usability' aspects of the WCAG, e.g. consistent navigation and plain English aspects), the overall correlated well. It has to be said that using the WCAG (v1) checkpoints to audit a site takes some experience both in web development and in the technologies people use to access sites. Kind regards, -Alastair -- Alastair Campbell | Director of Technology Please refer to the following disclaimer for this message: http://www.nomensa.com/email/disclaimer.html
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