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Comment LC-1461

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Commenter: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>

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[Free text description]Document as a wholeMobile Web Best Practices 1.0 Basic Guidelines W3C Candidate Recommendation 27 June 2006 Abstract Status of this Document Table of Contents Appendices List of Best Practices 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the Document 1.2 How the Best Practices are Organized 1.3 Audience 1.4 Scope 1.4.1 Phasing 1.5 Relationship to other Best Practices and recommendations 1.6 Longevity and Versioning 2 Requirements 2.1 Presentation Issues 2.2 Input 2.3 Bandwidth and Cost 2.4 User Goals 2.5 Advertising 2.6 Device Limitations 2.7 Advantages 3 Delivery Context 3.1 One Web 3.2 Background to Adaptation 3.3 Adaptation Implementation Model 3.4 Assumptions about Adaptation 3.5 Establishing Context 3.6 Choice of User Experience 3.7 Default Delivery Context 4 Structure of Best Practice Statements [EXAMPLE] This is a Best Practice statem... 5 Best Practice Statements 5.1 Overall Behavior 5.1.1 Thematic Consistency of Resource Identified by a URI [THEMATIC_CONSISTENCY] Ensure that conte... 5.1.1.1 What it means 5.1.2 Exploit Device Capabilities [CAPABILITIES] Exploit device capabiliti... 5.1.2.1 What it means 5.1.3 Work around Deficient Implementations [DEFICIENCIES] Take reasonable steps to... 5.1.3.1 What it means 5.1.4 Testing [TESTING] Carry out testing on actual de... 5.1.4.1 What it means 5.1.4.2 How to do it 5.2 Navigation and Links 5.2.1 URIs of Site Entry Points [URIS] Keep the URIs of site entry point... 5.2.1.1 What it means 5.2.1.2 How to do it 5.2.2 Navigation Bar [NAVBAR] Provide only minimal navigation... 5.2.2.1 What it means 5.2.2.2 How to do it 5.2.3 Balanced Structure [BALANCE] Take into account the trade-of... 5.2.3.1 What it means 5.2.4 Navigation Mechanisms [NAVIGATION] Provide consistent navigati... 5.2.4.1 What it means 5.2.4.2 How to do it 5.2.4.3 References 5.2.5 Access Keys [ACCESS_KEYS] Assign access keys to link... 5.2.5.1 What it means 5.2.5.2 What to test 5.2.5.3 References 5.2.6 Link Target Identification [LINK_TARGET_ID] Clearly identify the ta... [LINK_TARGET_FORMAT] Note the target fil... 5.2.6.1 What it means 5.2.6.2 How to do it 5.2.6.3 What to test 5.2.6.4 References 5.2.7 Image Maps [IMAGE_MAPS] Do not use image maps unles... 5.2.7.1 What it means 5.2.7.2 How to do it 5.2.7.3 What to test 5.2.7.4 References 5.2.8 Refreshing, Redirection and Spawned Windows [POP_UPS] Do not cause pop-ups or other... [AUTO_REFRESH] Do not create periodicall... [REDIRECTION] Do not use markup to redir... 5.2.8.1 What it means 5.2.8.2 What to test 5.2.8.3 References 5.2.9 Externally Linked Resources [EXTERNAL_RESOURCES] Keep the number of... 5.2.9.1 What it means 5.2.9.2 How to do it 5.2.9.3 What to test 5.3 Page Layout and Content 5.3.1 Page Content [SUITABLE] Ensure that content is suitab... [CLARITY] Use clear and simple language.... [LIMITED] Limit content to what the user... 5.3.1.1 What it means 5.3.1.2 What to test 5.3.1.3 References 5.3.2 Page Size [PAGE_SIZE_USABLE] Divide pages into usa... [PAGE_SIZE_LIMIT] Ensure that the overal... 5.3.2.1 What it means 5.3.2.2 How to do it 5.3.2.3 What to test 5.3.2.4 References 5.3.3 Scrolling [SCROLLING] Limit scrolling to one direc... 5.3.3.1 What it means 5.3.3.2 How to do it 5.3.3.3 What to test 5.3.4 Navigation Bars etc. (Extraneous material) [CENTRAL_MEANING] Ensure that material t... 5.3.4.1 What it means 5.3.4.2 How to do it 5.3.4.3 What to test 5.3.4.4 References 5.3.5 Graphics [GRAPHICS_FOR_SPACING] Do not use graphi... [LARGE_GRAPHICS] Do not use images that... 5.3.5.1 What it means 5.3.5.2 What to test 5.3.6 Color [USE_OF_COLOR] Ensure that information c... [COLOR_CONTRAST] Ensure that foreground... 5.3.6.1 What it means 5.3.6.2 What to test 5.3.6.3 References 5.3.7 Background Images [BACKGROUND_IMAGE_READABILITY] When usin... 5.3.7.1 What it means 5.3.7.2 What to test 5.4 Page Definition 5.4.1 Title [PAGE_TITLE] Provide a short but descrip... 5.4.1.1 What it means 5.4.1.2 What to test 5.4.2 Frames [NO_FRAMES] Do not use frames. 5.4.2.1 What it means 5.4.2.2 What to test 5.4.2.3 References 5.4.3 Structural Elements [STRUCTURE] Use features of the markup l... 5.4.3.1 What it means 5.4.3.2 How to do it 5.4.4 Tables [TABLES_SUPPORT] Do not use tables unles... [TABLES_NESTED] Do not use nested tables... [TABLES_LAYOUT] Do not use tables for la... [TABLES_ALTERNATIVES] Where possible, us... 5.4.4.1 What it means 5.4.4.2 How to do it 5.4.4.3 What to test 5.4.4.4 References 5.4.5 Non-Text Items [NON-TEXT_ALTERNATIVES] Provide a text e... [OBJECTS_OR_SCRIPT] Do not rely on embed... 5.4.5.1 What it means 5.4.5.2 How to do it 5.4.5.3 What to test 5.4.5.4 References 5.4.6 Image Size [IMAGES_SPECIFY_SIZE] Specify the size o... [IMAGES_RESIZING] Resize images at the s... 5.4.6.1 What it means 5.4.6.2 What to test 5.4.7 Valid Markup [VALID_MARKUP] Create documents that val... 5.4.7.1 What it means 5.4.7.2 What to test 5.4.7.3 References 5.4.8 Measures [MEASURES] Do not use pixel measures and... 5.4.8.1 What it means 5.4.8.2 How to do it 5.4.8.3 What to test 5.4.9 Style Sheets [STYLE_SHEETS_USE] Use style sheets to c... [STYLE_SHEETS_SUPPORT] Organize document... [STYLE_SHEETS_SIZE] Keep style sheets sm... 5.4.9.1 What it means 5.4.9.2 How to do it 5.4.9.3 What to test 5.4.9.4 References 5.4.10 Minimize [MINIMIZE] Use terse, efficient markup. 5.4.10.1 What it means 5.4.10.2 How to do it 5.4.10.3 What to test 5.4.11 Content Types [CONTENT_FORMAT_SUPPORT] Send content in... [CONTENT_FORMAT_PREFERRED] Where possibl... 5.4.11.1 What it means 5.4.11.2 How to do it 5.4.11.3 What to test 5.4.12 Character Encoding [CHARACTER_ENCODING_SUPPORT] Ensure that... [CHARACTER_ENCODING_USE] Indicate in the... 5.4.12.1 What it means 5.4.12.2 How to do it 5.4.12.3 What to test 5.4.12.4 References 5.4.13 Error Messages [ERROR_MESSAGES] Provide informative er... 5.4.13.1 What it means 5.4.13.2 How to do it 5.4.13.3 What to test 5.4.14 Cookies [COOKIES] Do not rely on cookies being a... 5.4.14.1 What it means 5.4.14.2 How to do it 5.4.14.3 What to test 5.4.15 Cache Headers [CACHING] Provide caching information in... 5.4.15.1 What it means 5.4.15.2 How to do it 5.4.15.3 What to test 5.4.15.4 References 5.4.16 Fonts [FONTS] Do not rely on support of font r... 5.4.16.1 What it means 5.4.16.2 How to do it 5.4.16.3 What to test 5.5 User Input 5.5.1 Input [MINIMIZE_KEYSTROKES] Keep the number of... [AVOID_FREE_TEXT] Avoid free text entry... [PROVIDE_DEFAULTS] Provide pre-selected... [DEFAULT_INPUT_MODE] Specify a default t... 5.5.1.1 What it means 5.5.1.2 How to do it 5.5.1.3 What to test 5.5.1.4 References 5.5.2 Tab Order [TAB_ORDER] Create a logical order throu... 5.5.2.1 What it means 5.5.2.2 How to do it 5.5.2.3 What to test 5.5.3 Labels for Form Controls [CONTROL_LABELLING] Label all form contr... [CONTROL_POSITION] Position labels so th... 5.5.3.1 What it means 5.5.3.2 What to test 5.5.3.3 References 6 Conformance and mobileOK 6.1 Classes of Products 6.2 Extensibility A Sources (Non-Normative) B Related Reading (Non-Normative) C Acknowledgements (Non-Normative) D References (Non-Normative) D.1 MWI References Scope Techniques mobileOK D.2 Sources WCAG WAIGlossary iMode Opera OpenWave Nokia-MP Nokia-VR LSD D.3 Device Independence DIP DCODI DIGLOSS D.4 Web, Protocols and Languages WebArch XML XHTML-Basic CSS HTTP1.0 HTTP1.1 UTF-8 CHARSET1 CHARSET2 D.5 Other References UAPROF TOMCAT APACHE IIS T-MOB MF
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Comment:

I feel the presentation of the free-standing summary of statements could be improved.

I find the text on the blue/green background much harder to read than the blue text on white background. For people scanning, that is exactly the wrong way around, I think. In fact, even when trying to read in detail, I keep finding my eye pulled away from the actual statements to the - what are those, anyway?

I would be inclined to make this into a proper list <ol>, remove the background highlight, or at least significantly lighten it, make the text itself the link, and move the capitalized text to the end of the list item. Also, add a (v brief) description of what the capitalized stuff is to the page.

Related issues: ACTION-334
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WG Notes: Responded to Richard Propose to rework the format of the free-standing summary including better document headers Sent request to Richard to review.

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