must
in the introduction section of the document.
For example, here is a specific example:
Communication through standard interfaces is particularly important for graphical desktop browsers, which must make information available to assistive technologies.Do you really intend
must
to mean need to
in the above?
Stylistically (and perhaps even grammatically) I'd nuke the
comma and change which
to that
in addition to changing must
to need to.
Also, the following statement --which appears numerous
times--
makes no sense to me:
o Links to definitions are highlighted through the use of style sheets.The offending phrase is
through the use of style
sheets.
The user reading the document can tell that something is
highlighted --how does one know (or why should one care)
that it is done through the use of stylesheets?
closed
is repeated in:
of closed closed captions (or subtitles) available (e.g., in
Users should be able, for security reasons, to prevent scripts from executing on their machines.though factually true has nothing to do with accessibility --especially the way it is tacked on to the bit about avoiding flicker.
Ensure that the user has control over the colors, text size, speech rate and pitch, and other stylistic aspects of a resource and can override author styles and user agent default styles.
Sentence too long --looks like a lawyer wrote it. Split it into two sentences so the second half --the bit about user control-- doesn't get lost.
For example, allow the user to control font size through style sheets or the user interface.
Phrase or the user interface
in the sentence above makes no sense in the presence of the
preceding stylesheets
reference in the same sentence --especially since it is
written as stylesheets
or user interface.
What is the intent here?
If the guideline is trying to say
allow the user to load a custom stylesheet --or
alternatively, specify a font family and style directly
through the UA's user interface--
the checkpoint should just say that in as many words.
Communicate with other software (assistive technologies, the operating system, plug-ins) through applicable interfaces and observe conventions for the user interface, documentation, installation, etc.
User agents should export these interfaces using available operating system conventions. Note. The DOM Level 1 specification states that "DOM applications may provide additional interfaces and objects not found in this specification and still be considered DOM compliant."
Why should the operating system be involved in the DOM?
Also, the note
that is tacked on to the sentence in question looks out of
context.