Comments on: WCAG 2 and mobileOK Basic Tests specs are proposed recommendations

By: Queensberry

Queensberry — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:37:43 +0000

thx for the great work bruce. you have to work on the part 2 now ;)

By: links for 2008-11-20 | Ip's.

links for 2008-11-20 | Ip's. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:03:26 +0000

[...] WCAG 2 and mobileOK Basic Tests specs are proposed recommendations – The Web Standards Project "WCAG 2 and the mobileOK Basic Tests specifications have been moved to “proposed recommendation status” by the W3C, which means that the technical material is complete and it has been implemented in real sites. " (tags: accessibility webstandards WCAG wcag2 release article) [...]

By: Billigflug

Billigflug — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:35:24 +0000

Beside all complaints that the WCAG 2 itself isn’t accessible for all developers, this document should be added as well:
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/
Sooner or later web developers have to deal with it, this is beyond question. Thus I appreciate to inform developers how to manage the switch to WCAG 2.0.
But I really wonder why something that aims to ease peoples life has to be so complicated?

By: Web Design - ZachBrowne.com

Web Design - ZachBrowne.com — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:15:03 +0000

[...] 2.0. has now become a proposed recommendation. This means it is not only technically complete but has been successfully implemented on a large [...]

By: Bruce Lawson’s personal site : Accessibility and mobile standards; Veerle Pieters interview

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:08:08 +0000

[...] It may be of interest to you that WCAG 2 and mobileOK Basic Tests specs are proposed W3C recommendations. [...]

By: blawson

blawson — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:12:27 +0000

Of course, Paul: good point. So I've started off a list of recommended WCAG 2 resources for the community to build. Thanks for suggesting it.

By: nortypig » Blog Archive » WCAG 2 Proposed Recommendation

nortypig » Blog Archive » WCAG 2 Proposed Recommendation — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:43:59 +0000

[...] WCAG 2 has moved to Proposed Recommendation status and so has the lesser known MobileOK Basic Tests recommendation. The Web Standards Project (WaSP) have posted the announcement. [...]

By: Paul D. Waite

Paul D. Waite — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:02:21 +0000

But if your site was developed with an eye to real accessibility for real people rather than as a compliance issue, you should find that there is little difference.

Your clients might start asking about WCAG 2 though.