- From: Jan Richards <jan.richards@utoronto.ca>
- Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:10:01 -0400
- To: WAI-UA list <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
I like the rewrite, with just a grammar tweak: 3.1.3 Choose and Render Alternative Content: The user can determine which forms of alternative content are available for an element, select between them, and have them rendered according to the following…”. Cheers, Jan On 07/04/2010 9:59 PM, Greg Lowney wrote: > Current: > > "3.1.3 Browse and Render: The user can browse the alternatives, > switch between them, and render them according to the following > (Level A)" > > > Proposed rewrite: > > “3.1.3 Choose and Render Alternative Content: The user can determine > which forms of alternative content that are available for an > element, select between them, and have them rendered according to > the following…”. > > > This addresses four concerns: > > * The wording of 3.1.3 does not make it clear whether it’s talking > about a global option (e.g. replace all images with their alt > text) or a per-element command (e.g. replace the selected image > with its alt text). Because 3.1.2 already requires the former, > 3.1.3 must be requiring the latter, but its wording does not make > this clear if read on its own. > * The phrase “the alternatives” is pretty vague, so “available > alternative content” would be more specific. > * The word “browse” in the title and text might be a bit ambiguous > because readers may associate it with browsing to Web pages. > * The title "Browse and Render" is very vague when taken out of > context, so I suggested adding the word "Alternative Content" as > with 3.1.1. > > > Thanks, > Greg -- (Mr) Jan Richards, M.Sc. jan.richards@utoronto.ca | 416-946-7060 Adaptive Technology Resource Centre (ATRC) Faculty of Information | University of Toronto
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