Re: My Retirement Letter

Wayne,

I absolutely agree with what Patrick has just said about the difficulties
of persuading people to accept changes to established SCs. This is nowhere
more noticeable than at the public comments stage of WCAG 2.2, where almost
nothing in the drafted SCs  seems to be changable no matter what anyone
suggests. However the fact that people are now recognising this shows that
we are getting there, however slowly. You can enjoy your retirement knowing
that we will continue to improve. Hopefully we will also fix the issues you
raise in time.

And the other way of looking at it is - and I have said it before and will
continue to say it - is that the single most outstanding achievement of the
W3C is in achieving worldwide acceptance of the WCAG from Alaska to
Australia and almost everywhere in between! Such support and consensus
between countries is almost unparalleled.

You have been a small part of that, particularly with your expertise. You
can think of the part you played in that while you enjoy your retirement!

Regards,
Guy Hickling
Accessibility Consultant