Great intention, for sure. But doesn't that make the situation even more complex? You'd have to account for scenarios like "I agreed to what was mentioned in the Simple English!" versus "Well, no, you agreed to the legalise. The Simple English and raw versions have no technical relation to one another" in cases where the Simple English version fails to mention some sort of feature or caveat.
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Carolynn Stanford < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slightly away from the original topic, Chauncey I think you raise a > great point... I wonder if the lawyers who insist T&Cs are prominent > and must be fully 'eye-balled' to be accepted would be willing to > take it a step further and look at the usability of their document? > Maybe creating an index of important points in the end-users language > (ie. not legal mumbo jumbo) and then reference the full text below? > That way users are more likely to skim it, pick up relevant points > and hopefully read further instead of thinking 'oh dear, yes I > accept because it's too painful to read' or in Jack's daughter's > case, actually wasting valuable years trying to understand :-) > I'm thinking something similar in structure to the W3C Accessibility > checkpoints doc, but obviously tailored for legal content: > http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html > What do you think? > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34863 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
