3 July 2007
The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium has announced that the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) will include user feedback so that Web designers will get better guidance on improving accessibility while designing.
The current WCAG 1.0 includes checkpoints which give design suggestions; they are not detailed recommendations so that designers can implement the same.
Judy Brewer, director of WAI said, “Our goal is to enable more reliable assessment of conformance to WCAG 2.0.”
She added “Developing WCAG 2.0 was time-consuming since it involved acquiring extensive inputs from users of WCAG 1.0 from across the globe. WCAG 2.0 is in line with ensuring that work on accessibility is at par with innovations in technology.”
WCAG 2.0 will be released only once public feedback is analysed and a revised draft is prepared. W3C will inspect the new guidelines and then approve them.
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