WAI Web Site MITs / "Parking Lot"

Note: This Web page contains rough notes for discussion and should not be referenced or quoted under any circumstances.

Last updated $Date: 2004/06/30 20:05:56 $ by $Author: shawn $
Primary Editor: Shawn Lawton Henry. This Web page is is under development by the WAI Site Task Force of EOWG.

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MITs = Miscellaneous Important ThingS

• W3C WG page style guidelines
• gathering what we (task force, EOWG, others) know is wrong w/ current site, that is, what need to not do again in redesign
• definitive source vs welcoming to new-comers may mean parallel IA?
• pointer to other resources?
• note: missing primary, secondary, etc. designation of target audience/users... 'cause really depends on WAI-level...
• various levels of things the WSTF might do: 1. consistent navigation, design, etc., 2. some new navigation pages, 3. some new overview/intro pages, 4. how to get to info that's already there, e.g., FAQ for WCAG, 5. big deal: how to get to info in WCAG, Techniques, Curriculum, e.g., "how do I make forms accessible"
• [adding to requirements/feature matrix] ...search is not WAI specific - you get W3C stuff and many of it is in maillists (scarey!) [need better search implementation, WAI only, ability to exclude maillists, refine search, search within results, easily construct complex queries without knowing boolean stuff]
• Always include acronym in name of working group
• Atfer have started on navigation design, re-examine the site map heading "WAI groups" (eg maybe WAI Working and Other Groups). also should Guidelines & Techniques be separate or under the Resources?
• add photos to contact us page! & links to people pages
• probably not have global nav (like left side drill down heirarchy) on all pages since many document pages, etc. (as discussed in WSTF f2f 19 March)
• Access keys to navigation, content, (others?)
• probably not use any: Expansion navigation (like http://www.w3.org/WAI/impl/Overview.html) - not necessarily in new design
• check link titles issues with having similar links (e.g., instead of EOWG Charter, just have Charter)
• consider how to indicate member only links, e.g., icon?
• possible wording for design credit: "based on design concept by XYZ" - especially if we fix up the accessibility

Questions for reviewers

• for personas: OK with using first names in persona body? any issues with being specific and potentially exclusionary?
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