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From: Jared Smith
Date: Jan 15, 2013 8:35AM

Shawn-

Thank you for the clarification and updates. It's wonderful that work
is continuing on techniques and supporting documentation for WCAG 2.0.
Keep up the good work!

I think, however, that the more important question is whether updates
are being considered for the guidelines themselves. Jonathan's article
(http://www.hassellinclusion.com/2013/01/wcag-future/), and the others
he cites, including my own (http://webaim.org/blog/wcag-next/), do not
really question techniques or documentation of WCAG 2.0, but are more
concerned about weaknesses and perhaps datedness of 2.0 itself.

Has there been any consideration of updating the guidelines? If not,
is it time to? I think these articles and the many positive responses
to them all indicate that it is time.

Jared Smith
WebAIM.org