If I could walk that WAI I wouldn't need the guidelines

[j4]

Since the Understanding document ['Understanding WCAG 2.0'] is more than double the size of what it purports to explain, this itself may indicate a problem with WCAG 2.

Is it just me, or is an exposition of something often longer than what it's explaining? Particularly (one might even argue necessarily) when you're translating from technical specifications into more generally-accessible language, i.e. from high to low information density?

Comments

[mstevens.livejournal.com]

Can you stick a "Do not disturb" sign on your door?

I've heard of these "doors", but I've only encountered one workplace in my life that didn't use open plan offices (and I didn't take the job because it sucked otherwise)

[j4.livejournal.com]

I use headphones as a virtual door -- let the guy ask the question while I continue to type distractedly (for extra points, type accurately and fast while looking at them -- it freaks people out), then take the headphones out, and say "Sorry, can you repeat that, please?"

(I'm usually a helpful kind of person. But I have off-days. :-> )