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From: Elle
Date: Jun 6, 2014 8:24PM

Bryan:

Your concern about internalized standards implies that those organizations
wouldn't also actively be updating them based on their own user research.
In my experience, companies have the ability to respond quicker to a
changing environment (with devices, browsers, and specific user needs) if
they are allowed to approach their accessibility standards in the same
manner as their UX and brand standards.


Respectfully,
Elle



If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood,
divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast
and endless sea.
- Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince


On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bryan Garaventa <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I have seen this done before, and I think you described it correctly when
> you said "massaged them for internal consumption and use as opposed to".
>
> As time goes on and technologies change and evolve, the W3C updates best
> practices and guidelines accordingly to best fit these new developments,
> and
> AT venders and browsers use these guidelines to ensure that everybody stays
> on the same page between developers, browsers, and ATs. This is the only
> way
> to maintain consistency and reliability.
>
> So, the danger in deviating within isolated environments, is that the
> customized guidelines will eventually no longer remain synchronized with
> what browsers and ATs support.
>
>
>