Gian Sampson-Wild explains her problem with testability in the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG). Testability is the ability of, in our case, software or content, to be testable either by machines or humans. One of the properties of a good establishment of tests is that it is not dependent on the machine’s or the human’s preference. [Continue]
The recent backlash against the recently released Last Call Working Draft of WCAG 2.0 is a representation of the frustration against it. The general outburst is against the irreverence for Web Standards in the guidelines. Other than that the original document is full of jargon and requires supporting documents (Understanding WCAG 2.0 and Techniques of WCAG 2.0) for full comprehension, it also seems to have lost the focus. [Continue]