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Re: New blog post: To Hell with Compliance

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From: Karl Groves
Date: Jan 6, 2015 11:52AM

Lynn,

I agree. What I meant to highlight was that WCAG is a means toward the
end - the end being an accessible user experience

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Lynn Holdsworth
< <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> For a moment there I thought that was a Joe Clark blog post you were linking to!
>
> Nice article. I wanted to comment on your site but couldn't work out how.
>
> I agree with you in the main, except that WCAG2 is a useful tool that
> devs and designers not au fait with AT idiosyncrasies, cognitive load,
> colour blindness and all the rest of it can use to measure how their
> accessibility is coming along. Not having some sort of framework
> leaves people no other option but to make it up as they go along.
> WCAG2 may be far from perfect, but I'm glad we've got at least
> something.
>
> I agree that compliance is often a far cry from accessibility. But
> I've worked with several devs who've started out wanting to do the
> bare minimum and then got passionate about accessibility.
>
> Standards aren't everything, but I'd say they're an intrinsic part of
> the jigsaw.
>
> Cheers, Lynn
>
> On 06/01/2015, Lucy Greco < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>> nice job i like your examples.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:40 AM, Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.karlgroves.com/2015/01/06/to-hell-with-compliance/
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Karl Groves
>>> www.karlgroves.com
>>> @karlgroves
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves
>>> Phone: +1 410.541.6829
>>>
>>> Modern Web Toolsets and Accessibility
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uq6Db47-Ks
>>>
>>> www.tenon.io
>>> >>> >>> >>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lucia Greco
>> Web Accessibility Evangelist
>> IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration
>> University of California, Berkeley
>> (510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco
>> http://webaccess.berkeley.edu
>> Follow me on twitter @accessaces
>> >> >> >>
> > > --

Karl Groves
www.karlgroves.com
@karlgroves
http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves
Phone: +1 410.541.6829

Modern Web Toolsets and Accessibility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uq6Db47-Ks

www.tenon.io