Re: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread Matthew Pennell
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] aboeh...@addictivemedia.com.au wrote: I went through WCAG 1 and WCAG 2, and I expected an appropriate guideline to show up under Priority 1 (or Level A), but nothing. Or am I missing something in the obscure wording of the

RE: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread michael.brockington
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] aboeh...@addictivemedia.com.au wrote: I went through WCAG 1 and WCAG 2, and I expected an appropriate guideline to show up under Priority 1 (or Level A), but nothing. Or am I missing something in the obscure

RE: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread Michael MD
A user's choice of technology is not an accessibility issue. If people want to view content on the web, they have to make sure they are using suitable hardware and software - using a 10-year-old browser doesn't qualify, IMO. Should I be able to view a site on my Commodore 64? Do they have

Re: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread Andrew Cunningham
I tend to follow a hierarchy of needs. At the most basic level, the text needs to be correctly rendered. This implies that a web site may be dependant on specific versions of operating systems or browsers. This is the reality of text layout/font rendering systems. In theory supporting

Re: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread David Dorward
Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] wrote: I mean: to be accessible the site doesn't necessarily have to look great, but at least the content should show up in all browsers, even the old ones, right? That would mark any site that used shared webhosting (i.e. most websites) as inaccessible since

RE: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread Patrick Lauke
Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] to be accessible the site doesn't necessarily have to look great, but at least the content should show up in all browsers, even the old ones, right? Well, just talking WCAG 2, the requirement would be to use accessibility-supported technologies (see

Re: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread tee
On Apr 8, 2009, at 8:12 AM, David Dorward wrote: A line needs to be drawn somewhere. The problem is that nobody can really seem to agree on where a reasonable place to draw it is. Perhaps this is the very reason why accessibility still going nowhere and that we are still the .1 %

Re: [WSG] Where is browser compatibility in wcag?

2009-04-08 Thread Felix Miata
On 2009/04/08 07:16 (GMT+0100) Matthew Pennell composed: A user's choice of technology is not an accessibility issue. If people want to view content on the web, they have to make sure they are using suitable hardware and software - using a 10-year-old browser doesn't qualify, IMO. The