Re: Missing explicit requirement that styleswitcher be positioned at the top of the page

On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 7:17 AM, <noreply@w3.org> wrote:

>
> Name: Detlev Fischer
> Email: fischer@dias.de
> Affiliation: DIAS GmbH
> Document: TD
> Item Number: G174
> Part of Item: Description
> Comment Type: technical
> Summary of Issue: Missing explicit requirement that styleswitcher be
> positioned at the top of the page
> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
> The text of this technique describes in both examples provided that the
> styleswitcher should be at the "top of the page". This requirement, however,
> is neither included in the description nore is it checked in the test
> section of the technique.
>
> Proposed Change:
> Add a further (fourth) requirement for the technique to be used
> successfully, preferably in second place:
>
> "2. The link or control on the original page must be placed at the top of
> the page"
>
>
> ================================
Response from the Working Group
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This technique does not require that the style switcher be at the top of the
page. This is just good practice and therefore we included it in the
examples to encourage it. It is therefore not in the technique nor in the
test criteria. However, we are adding a note about this in the description.


Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group