- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:16:46 -0500
- To: Vera Lange <Vera.Lange@han.nl>, Charlotte Swart <Charlotte.Swart@han.nl>
- Cc: wai-eo-editors <wai-eo-editors@w3.org>, Eric Velleman <Eric.Velleman@han.nl>
Hi Vera, Charlotte, Eric, and EOWG folks, I put this comment in the survey, yet wanted to send it to you now, too. I think there is a bit of a disconnect on how the Tools List fits within the broad scope of the W3C WAI resources. The Tools List is not intended to educate accessibility beginners. Accessibility beginners should start with the "<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-intro/">Introduction to Web Accessibility</a>", and follow the links to more information from there. Specifically for eval tools, the previous user flow was: 1. Read (or skim) "Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools" <https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/tools/selecting/>, then 2. Use the Tools list Are we still designing for that user flow? If so, we need clear signposting for users to start by reading “Selecting…”. (and we need to update that page) Then we can keep the List itself focused on finding tools, and not on educating users about tools. --- An additional note is that I understood that "Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools" <https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/tools/selecting/> would be updated along with the Tools List redesign. Note that we have considered providing more information in that page. -- Actually, I think we used to have a lot more on that page about evaluation, then we cut it back, then we thought about adding lots more, then decided not to... We can give you more background when useful. :-) Hope this helps, ~Shawn
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