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Podcast #55: WCAG Samurai

Podcast #55: WCAG Samurai

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DATE : Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:25:38 -0600
Entered in Database : 2007-08-29 14:25:38
length : 8753575
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The WCAG Samurai is an "independent group of developers convened in 2006" and headed up by Joe Clark, accessibility guru. In this podcast, Dennis and Ross discuss the WCAG Samurai's errata to the W3C's WCAG 1.0 web accessibility guidelines. This includes:

• what it is and if we should use it
• discussing the 12 main points
• which WCAG 1.0 Priority 3 guidelines to ignore

The WCAG 1 + Samurai Guidelines

1. Provide equivalent alternatives to auditory and visual content
2. Don’t rely on colour alone
3. Use markup and stylesheets and do so properly
4. Clarify natural-language usage
5. Create tables that transform gracefully
6. Ensure that pages featuring new technologies transform gracefully
7. Ensure user control of time-sensitive content changes
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9. Design for device-independence
10. Use interim solutions
11. Use W3C technologies and guidelines
12. Provide context and orientation information

Related Links

• Introduction to WCAG Samurai Errata
• WCAG Samurai Errata for WCAG 1.0
• WCAG Samurai Peer Review
• On the WCAG Samurai errata - Bruce Lawson

News

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• Why your employer should care about web accessibility

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