Saturday, July 08, 2006
WCAG 2
Joe Clark at A List Apart has a good article on the proposed changes to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Just a few highlights I picked out:
You can still use tables for layout.
[WCAG 2] imagined a parallel universe in which the vast majority of web content ceased to be plain-Jane HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It envisioned a world in which lots and lots of Flash, PDF, and other, as-yet-uninvented formats were available and intended to be accessible. To accommodate this dreamworld, WCAG 2 was written and rewritten and rerewritten to apply to everything. Along the way, it lost the ability to apply to the real things real developers work on every day—plain-Jane HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
The article is detailed, but worth a read, if you're interested in the proposed standards.
Just a few highlights I picked out:
You can still use tables for layout.
[WCAG 2] imagined a parallel universe in which the vast majority of web content ceased to be plain-Jane HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It envisioned a world in which lots and lots of Flash, PDF, and other, as-yet-uninvented formats were available and intended to be accessible. To accommodate this dreamworld, WCAG 2 was written and rewritten and rerewritten to apply to everything. Along the way, it lost the ability to apply to the real things real developers work on every day—plain-Jane HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
The article is detailed, but worth a read, if you're interested in the proposed standards.
Labels: Web Design
