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From: Carol Foster
Date: Wed, Dec 05 2001 11:30AM
Subject: 2 things: WAI WCAG 2.0; Jakob Nielsen.
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Hello,

First thing: I am curious about the timeframe expected for the WAI's
WCAG 2.0 to become the official recommendation. Do any of you who work
with them have any guesses? I just started looking at some of the draft
documents and found the checkpoint mapping between WCAG 1.0 items and
draft 2.0 items very interesting (at
http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2001/08/24-mapping.html ), but am not sure how
much I should be concerned about it at this time.

Second thing: I was very pleased to hear a while back that usability
guru Jakob Nielsen was doing some Web accessibility studies, and now he
and a colleague have a report out. Unfortunately, it costs $190! With
the budget cutbacks we're experiencing, I don't know if I'll be able to
get a copy. Has anyone seen it? There is an Alertbox article at
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20011111.html . The download info, table
of contents and summary of the full report are at
http://www.nngroup.com/reports/accessibility/

Thanks,
Carol

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Wed, Dec 05 2001 11:37AM
Subject: Re: 2 things: WAI WCAG 2.0; Jakob Nielsen.
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At 12:26 PM -0500 12/5/01, Carol Foster wrote:
>First thing: I am curious about the timeframe expected for the WAI's
>WCAG 2.0 to become the official recommendation. Do any of you who work
>with them have any guesses? I just started looking at some of the draft
>documents and found the checkpoint mapping between WCAG 1.0 items and
>draft 2.0 items very interesting (at
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2001/08/24-mapping.html ), but am not sure how
>much I should be concerned about it at this time.

I'm not sure. I'm on the working group, and I don't think we have a
definite timeline set yet. Some more wordsmithing and organization is
necessary, and the big challenge currently seems to be conformance/
reporting schemes.

>Second thing: I was very pleased to hear a while back that usability
>guru Jakob Nielsen was doing some Web accessibility studies, and now he
>and a colleague have a report out. Unfortunately, it costs $190! With
>the budget cutbacks we're experiencing, I don't know if I'll be able to
>get a copy. Has anyone seen it? There is an Alertbox article at
>http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20011111.html . The download info, table
>of contents and summary of the full report are at
>http://www.nngroup.com/reports/accessibility/

Well, hopefully he'll put it in a future book or something. Things
like this make me think I'm a bit of a fool for giving away advice
for free or cheap! ;)

- --Kynn

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From: Prof Norm Coombs
Date: Thu, Dec 06 2001 9:53PM
Subject: Re: 2 things: WAI WCAG 2.0; Jakob Nielsen.
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On that report. I could only find a pdf version. I wrote the webmaster
about a better version and have been ignored.
Norman
At 12:26 PM 12/5/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>First thing: I am curious about the timeframe expected for the WAI's
>WCAG 2.0 to become the official recommendation. Do any of you who work
>with them have any guesses? I just started looking at some of the draft
>documents and found the checkpoint mapping between WCAG 1.0 items and
>draft 2.0 items very interesting (at
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2001/08/24-mapping.html ), but am not sure how
>much I should be concerned about it at this time.
>
>Second thing: I was very pleased to hear a while back that usability
>guru Jakob Nielsen was doing some Web accessibility studies, and now he
>and a colleague have a report out. Unfortunately, it costs $190! With
>the budget cutbacks we're experiencing, I don't know if I'll be able to
>get a copy. Has anyone seen it? There is an Alertbox article at
>http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20011111.html . The download info, table
>of contents and summary of the full report are at
>http://www.nngroup.com/reports/accessibility/
>
>Thanks,
>Carol
>
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>Internet Publishing Group, Information Technology Services
>University of Massachusetts, President's Office
>(413) 587-2130
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>http://www.umass-its.net/ipg
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From: Jim Thatcher
Date: Fri, Dec 07 2001 8:18AM
Subject: RE: 2 things: WAI WCAG 2.0; Jakob Nielsen.
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According to John Slatin, here in Austin, whose organization did purchase
the report, the PDF is accessible. This is a JAWS user saying it, not an
Adobe representative!

Jim
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Accessibility Consulting
http://jimthatcher.com
512-306-0931

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On that report. I could only find a pdf version. I wrote the webmaster
about a better version and have been ignored.
Norman
At 12:26 PM 12/5/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>First thing: I am curious about the timeframe expected for the WAI's
>WCAG 2.0 to become the official recommendation. Do any of you who work
>with them have any guesses? I just started looking at some of the draft
>documents and found the checkpoint mapping between WCAG 1.0 items and
>draft 2.0 items very interesting (at
>http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2001/08/24-mapping.html ), but am not sure how
>much I should be concerned about it at this time.
>
>Second thing: I was very pleased to hear a while back that usability
>guru Jakob Nielsen was doing some Web accessibility studies, and now he
>and a colleague have a report out. Unfortunately, it costs $190! With
>the budget cutbacks we're experiencing, I don't know if I'll be able to
>get a copy. Has anyone seen it? There is an Alertbox article at
>http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20011111.html . The download info, table
>of contents and summary of the full report are at
>http://www.nngroup.com/reports/accessibility/
>
>Thanks,
>Carol
>
>--
>Carol Foster, Web Developer
>Internet Publishing Group, Information Technology Services
>University of Massachusetts, President's Office
>(413) 587-2130
>mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
>http://www.umass-its.net/ipg
>--
>
>
>
>
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