Re: Quick question: We have UX, can we call Accessibility AX?

And there is this use of AXE but not sure if it would be confusing:
https://www.deque.com/axe/

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 1:31 AM Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> wrote:

> Dear Brad,
>
> Thanks for the feedback. Actually the term "AX" does occassionally get
> used in the field but I'm not sure who coined it and how widespread it
> is. Another term that is sometimes used is "a11y". Anyway, definitely
> something to keep tracking!
>
> Best,
>    Shadi
>
>
> On 07/02/2020 01:55, Brad Jeffery wrote:
> > Hi Shardi,
> >
> > At my work I recently coined AX to be used instead of having to write
> > accessibility (It's a, challenging, word to type ;)).
> >
> > I think User Experience became cool partly because of the moniker UX.
> >
> > I wonder if your work could be made much cooler (not that it isn't) by
> > the adoption of 'AX'.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > Keep up the good work.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Brad Jeffery
> >
>
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> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/
> Accessibility Strategy and Technology Specialist
> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>
>

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