- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 17:02:41 -0600
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
> > Proposal: Change checkpoint 2.1 to read: "Ensure that > the user has access to all alternative equivalents > through the user interface." JRG: I like this concept being clearly stated in the guidelines and I think it is an important part of 2.1 that is not covered somewhere else in the guidelines. I share Ian's concerns with this change and will think about it some more. > >Issue 2: Does a source view satisfy checkpoint 2.1? > > Phill Jenkins asked [5] whether a source view would > satisfy checkpoint 2.1. > > I think it is difficult to conclude from the document > that a source view is not part of the user interface > (and in my opinion, a source view is part of the user > interface). > > However, there seems to be consensus that a > source view does not satisfy 2.1 > (whatever the outcome of Issue 1) because it does not > present content in a form that most people can actually > use. It is entirely unacceptable to expect a user to > read the binary format of a GIF image. It is less > unacceptable to expect a user to read the text that's > available in the middle of an HTML file, but that still > requires knowledge of the markup language that we > should not expect of users (whether or not they > have a disability). > > Thus, there seems to be consensus that: > > a) We are not requiring that user agents provide > a source view. > > b) A source view would not satisfy 2.1 > > c) A source view is useful to some users. > JRG: I don't really think Checkpoint 2.1 has anything to do with source view. If you provide a source view it should be accessible. But I don't think a source view in of itself makes a user agent more accessible to the typical user. Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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