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Comment LC-444
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Commenter: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>

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5.4.5.2 How to do it: "Design pages as though they were to be
displayed on a text-only browser."

I believe a reader might misinterpret this sentence to mean
"Design text-only pages" which I do not believe is your
intention. In the area accessibility, there is a
misconception that text-only pages are accessible pages and
therefore one should limit oneself to designing text-only
pages to ensure that they are accessible. My concern is that
the above sentence will perpetuate that misconception and
introduce it into the MWI context.

Proposal: "Design pages that transform gracefully when
rendered in a text-only environments. Test your content with a
variety of browsers, including text-only browsers in order to
learn how some users will perceive them." I recommend
adopting the latest WCAG verbiage on this topic.
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