RE: Responsive design and "loss of functionality"

I'm not a WCAG expert, but my understanding is that a site can conform even if it has individual pages that aren't accessible so long as there are other ways to get the same information / perform the same functions. For instance, if you have a big imagemap of the U.S. and tell people to "click your state for more details", that can be hard to make accessible, so it might be easier to have a "view the text list of states" link, or something similar.

-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Cooper <cooperad@bigpond.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 18:55
To: 'Patrick H. Lauke' <redux@splintered.co.uk>; w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: RE: Responsive design and "loss of functionality"

Given that a page is the 'unit of conformance' in WCAG 2.x, how does an entire site conform in this case? 
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> 
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:13 AM
To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Subject: Re: Responsive design and "loss of functionality"

When considered purely on a "per page" level, this sounds like a failure. But looking at it more holistically on a "per site" basis, I would say it passes as the user can still achieve the same end result (just by a different route).

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Patrick H. Lauke

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