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Dear N Maffeo
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Thank You
Gregg and Loretta
YOUR COMMENTS ARE ALL LISTED BELOW GROUPED INTO THREE CATEGORIES
1) WCAG Questions - Done
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And they are provided with each item. In general however - questions 
are put in queue and will take some time to get to. (see #3 below)
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discussion by the Working Group. We will work on them in turn as we 
get to them. Thank you for your comments. We will let you know how 
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If you need quicker responses in order to do your work - please check 
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guidelines while we work on making the language more understandable in 
our formal docs to be released later this year.
3) Consultant Questions
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do not fall into the category of things we need to change in the next 
release of the WCAG support documents.
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1) WCAG Questions - Done
These are questions about the WCAG documents that we have answers for. 
And they are provided with each item. In general however - questions 
are put in queue and will take some time to get to. (see #3 below)
 From: N Maffeo <maffeonjr@yahoo.com>
Date: July 24, 2009 12:16:57 AM CDT
To: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org, gv@trace.wisc.edu
Subject: The techniques listed only satisfy the Success Criterion if 
all of the WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements have been met
Please change the requirements for Images of Text, level AA, and 
Resize Text, Meaningful Sequence, Bypass Blocks. It is almost 
impossible to pass because it requires all conformance requirements. 
There is a decleration at the bottom of the page
"The techniques listed only satisfy the Success Criterion if all of 
the WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements have been met."
Also, please see http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#conformance note 2. 
Please remove Images of Text as a requirement from AA, since it is 
also a level AAA requirement. This way it is harmonized with note 2
There are additional requirements that have the same scenario.
If I am wrong and the level A, or AA requirement, does not need to be 
synchronized with level AAA requirements, then at least change the 
language "The techniques listed only satify the Succession Criterion 
if all of the WCAG 2.0 conformance requirements have been met:" so it 
makes more sense to what you mean.
My interpretation of "all of the conformance requirements" means level 
AAA conformance.
Please clean up the language or the requirements that have these 
statements. The statement is very confusing.
RESPONSE :
Level A, AA, and AAA are Success Criteria - not "Conformance 
Requirements"
The conformance Requirements can be found in the Conformance 
Section. You will note that the phrase "WCAG 2.0 conformance 
Requirements" in your quoted text above is a link. If you click on it 
-- it will take you to the conformance requirements.
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2) WCAG Questions - Still in Queue
These are question about the WCAG documents that are in queue for 
discussion by the Working Group. We will work on them in turn as we 
get to them. Thank you for your comments. We will let you know how 
they come out when they are processed. It may take some time 
depending on other work items.
If you need quicker responses in order to do your work - please check 
with a consultant. They can probably help you to understand the 
guidelines while we work on making the language more understandable in 
our formal docs to be released later this year.
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From: N Maffeo <maffeonjr@yahoo.com>
Date: July 25, 2009 6:56:33 PM CDT
To: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Cc: gv@trace.wisc.edu
Subject: Text color, G148 1.4.3 & 1.4.6
Is the intent of this G148 http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/G148 
 used to evaluate the paragraph, link color, heading color, or all?
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3) Consultant Questions
These are questions that should be addressed to consultants. They do 
not fall into the category of things we need to change in the next 
release of the WCAG support documents.
From: N Maffeo <maffeonjr@yahoo.com>
Date: July 25, 2009 8:58:56 PM CDT
To: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Cc: gv@trace.wisc.edu
Subject: FOCUS VISIBLE, 2.4.7 and Color Contrast
At example C15, can I specify a:focus to be the same color as the 
primary active link link?
I have it currently set up so it is a:active, a:visited, a:hover, 
a:focus, all receive the same color.
Does this cause Focus Visible problems?
Does it cause Color Contrast problems?
The color selection for all links passed the 3:1, 4:5:1, and the 7:1 
ratio.
From: N Maffeo <maffeonjr@yahoo.com>
Date: July 23, 2009 8:30:28 AM CDT
To: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Subject: 2.4.1 Skip Links/Bypass Blocks
I have a question. Is the page at http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/ 
wcag20.php "Skip to Content" an example of G1, G123, or G124.
From: N Maffeo <maffeonjr@yahoo.com>
Date: July 25, 2009 8:58:56 PM CDT
To: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Cc: gv@trace.wisc.edu
Subject: FOCUS VISIBLE, 2.4.7 and Color Contrast
At example C15, can I specify a:focus to be the same color as the 
primary active link link?
I have it currently set up so it is a:active, a:visited, a:hover, 
a:focus, all receive the same color.
Does this cause Focus Visible problems?
Does it cause Color Contrast problems?
The color selection for all links passed the 3:1, 4:5:1, and the 7:1 
ratio.
From: N Maffeo <maffeonjr@yahoo.com>
Date: July 22, 2009 6:59:20 PM CDT
To: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Cc: 508@access-board.gov
Subject: Focus Visibe: C15 and G195
If my page has an a:hover, and a:visited to be exactly the same as the 
regular a tag, how does impact Focus Visible?
I am not using SCR31, because I am not using any scripting.
Do I need to setup an a: hover that is of a different color than the 
primary a tag?
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From: N Maffeo <maffeonjr@yahoo.com>
Date: July 25, 2009 6:56:33 PM CDT
To: public-comments-wcag20@w3.org
Cc: gv@trace.wisc.edu
Subject: Text color, G148 1.4.3 & 1.4.6
Is the intent of this G148 http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20081211/G148 
 used to evaluate the paragraph, link color, heading color, or all?