WCAG Samurai Errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 released

The WCAG Samurai Errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 were published this week by the WCAG Samurai group. They don’t contain anything I’d consider Earth-shattering, but there are some very solid guidelines that bring the 1999 WCAG 1.0 specs a little more in-line with our current state of the browser (no revelations on how to make ajax more accessible, though!).

Check out the summary on the introduction page.

I found their information about the Brewer Palette particularly interesting; Cynthia Brewer “conducted research into creating maps that people with colour deficiency (colourblindness) can read and understand.”

Roger Johansson has a nice explanation of why the Samurai group formed and published this Errata documentation.

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2 Responses to “WCAG Samurai Errata for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 released”

  1. Joe Clark
    February 29th, 2008 at 7:30 am

    Well, the problem with guidelines for Ajax is that JavaScript is a programming language with umpteen possible manifestations. There are various blog posts and entire books about responsible scripting.

  2. Philip
    February 29th, 2008 at 9:31 am

    Hi Joe

    I totally understand… but I keep crossing my fingers that someday someone will have that “a-HA!” moment and make the problems go away. :)

    The biggest issue for e-learning developers is that we HAVE to use JavaScript (it’s part of the SCORM specification), and must also use either frames, an iFrame or Flash; we can’t do pure HTML or else we lose the ability to keep an open communication line with the learning management system.

    As accessibility-aware developer (though I know I don’t do as much as I should), this has always pained me.

    BTW, thank you very much for all the work you’ve done (and fights you’ve fought). I appreciate it.