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Re: WAI Icons. Was: Include default text?

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From: Andrew Arch
Date: Oct 22, 2004 8:44AM

Iain is right - you can't comply with guidelines. However, you can conform
to them, and the WAI logo indicates this (and your good intentions).

Even with Standards logos (eg XHTML / CSS) you'd better have a very good QA
system to ensure gremlins don't creep in next week when someone else
modifies the pages.

Andrew

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From: iain [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Friday, 22 October 2004 10:16 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] WAI Icons. Was: Include default text?



Friday, October 22, 2004, 11:11:34 AM, lists38 wrote:

>> I disagree. The icons raise the profile of standards-compliance, and
>> make it more of a live issue. That benefits all disabled people.

> Standard Compliance with Guidelines? There is no accessibility standard,
> both wai and 508 are guidelines, and with good reason, as accessibility is
> nothing to tick off or have machine tested.

That's why I would put w3c standards-compliance icons on, but would
not put icons about accessibility claims onto a web page.

Would you really want to advertise having used something as naff as Bobby?


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Iain

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