- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 14:19:34 -0500
- To: "gregory j. rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Cc: "Ian B. Jacobs" <ij@w3.org>, Tantek Celik <tantek@cs.stanford.edu>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Gregory, I agree we should not reopen old issues lightly, but we have a concern raised by a developer who has made an extensive review of the document and was not satisfied with our response. I think his stated goals are the same as the working group goals, to define a range of values for font size that are usable by people with visual impairments, but don't require features that are not useful. Our current requirements clearly require font sizes that are not useful for accessibility for many operating environments, at least at a P1 level. I think that when a developer makes the effort that Tantek has made to help the group clarify this issue it is important for the group to reconsider its previous resolutions. We want developers focusing their resources on creating features that really help people with disabilities and not adding features that do not clearly benefit people with disabilities, but help them satisfy the guidelines. Jon At 02:48 PM 7/11/2001 -0400, gregory j. rosmaita wrote: >aloha, jon, ian, and tantek! > >with every attempt to massage the checkpoint, the intent and purpose of >the checkpoint becomes less clear, and the ramifications more >problematic... i am still unconvinced that the current 4.1 >needs any tweaking -- and each proposal only strengthens that >conviction... > >gregory. > >--------------------------------------------------------- >BORE, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. > Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_ >--------------------------------------------------------- >Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net > http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html >--------------------------------------------------------- Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services MC-574 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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