- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:02:41 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Ian Jacobs wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> When the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines became a
> Recommendation in May 1999, we published a "Fact Sheet" [1]
> (a 20-question FAQ, essentially) with the press release [2].
Some additional ideas for the record:
* My browser doesn't support Java. How does that affect
conformance? ("applicability" clause).
* Do I have to implement all of the Techniques?
(No, none of them in fact. They are only suggestions
and samples)
* Which browsers conform? (Good question!)
* Does conformance mean that a browser is accessible
on its own? (The goal of the guidelines is to
make general purpose UAs accessible. However, many
users require additional software -- assistive
technologies -- to furnish some services. The
Guidelines have been designed to ensure communication
between user agents.)
- Ian
> [1] http://www.w3.org/1999/05/WCAG-REC-fact.html
> [2] http://www.w3.org/1999/05/WCAG-RECPressRelease.html
>
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