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Re: New blog post: To Hell with Compliance

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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Jan 7, 2015 1:10AM

No worries Karl, that sentiment did come across when reading the
article. But it has quite a sensationalist headline that I suspect
will get misquoted and misunderstood along the way.

Cheers, Lynn

On 06/01/2015, Karl Groves < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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
> > > >