- From: Kitch Barnicle <kab42@columbia.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:39:23 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Hi everyone, Since I have been away for three months I either bring a fresh eye to the guidelines or I am totally clueless, or perhaps both. So feel free to put me back in my place. I have been reading the guidelines with the notion that those check points that say "For Dependent User Agents" in front of them, only apply to dependent user agents. However in several cases that didn't seem to make sense. For example why would checkpoints 7.3, "Render content according to natural language identification," or 9.3 "Allow the user to view a document outline constructed from its structural elements." only apply to dependent user agents.? Following a discussion about what mainstream user agents should expose, I thought perhaps "for dependent user agents" meant that this checkpoint should be satisfied by a desktop browser so that the information needed by a dependent user agent is exposed. However, this meaning breaks down as well. For example, when I get to the check points that say "for graphical desktop browsers" it doesn't make sense. So can someone please explain the distinction among checkpoints that say 1)for dependent user agents 2) for graphical desktop browsers and 3) those checkpoints that do not have a "for" statement. If we are going to stay with these distinctions I would suggest that we say "this checkpoint only applies to dependent user agents" or something equivalent. I promise not to go away again for three months. Thanks, -kitch
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