Hi, John You have a good point about issues being transformed in the legal process. That's what I'm concerned about. When technical decisions are handled by legislators or regulators, the results can be rather unsatisfying. I think the priority should be first to do good technical work on the guidelines and then develop legislative/regulatory suggestions based the the technical work. It will help both legislators/regulators and the disabled world. Scott PS Ever hear of the state legislature that declared pi to be 3.14 to make it easier for people to use? (smile) > Laws have a different test to become a reality than the current W3C WAI UA > guidelines. While legislators in some countries may choose the UA > recommendations as a basis for an accessibility law, I am sure they will be > greatly transformed in the process and look quite different. It would > also be one of many documents and other types of input that would go into > any law. I think it would be wise of us to focus on our present task of > developing useful design recommendations to meet the needs of W3C member > companies and persons with disabilities throughout the world, than to > contemplate how our guidelines would be used in developing legislation in > any particular country. > > Editor and chair, > JonReceived on Monday, 28 September 1998 13:27:42 UTC
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