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Replying to @MyndexResearch @yatil @geoffreycrofte @ardovalexey
Hey do I have to turn the car around kids? Shouting out on Twitter can work very fucking well
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Yes it can when it's honest.
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So very true I bitched at you but you are right honesty very hard found these days maybe ever. I defend @yatil because we go back many decades and I love him for all he has done for our community and accessibility and I have this loyal aspect to my nature that can startle me too
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No need to defend me. Apparently asking for clarifications, and stating that WCAG 3 is not ready, are “lies”. They’ll face the same and more scrutiny later in the W3C process. I want a new algorithm sooner than anyone but also avoid past mistakes. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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It was a visceral reaction because I respect you. But I did not have the full facts I do agree none of us want to repeat the same mistakes look at where we are and what we thought we were doing right turns out to be all wrong
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It is a difficult subject because is spans so many disciplines: from lighting to neurology. I started in Hollywood before digital anything. Chemical imaging and analog audio. And I was here through the entire transition to "everything is ones and zeros"...+
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-...and it was not a painless experience, everyone here climbing the learning curve at once. circa 2005(?) when they were working on WCAG2 contrast, the email archive shows many raised flags about the problems... And at that time it wasn't well understood even here in Hollywood.+
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-...it worked sort of back in the day when people only used core web fonts like Verdana, and text was classic black. But today, google fonts allows soem very bad font choices (LOL) and coupled with bad CSS color choices, well, boom. The internet is unreadable.!! +
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-...I know the intentions were good, but it is a difficult and abstract subject. I've spent a life time with light and imaging and visual perception. My loss of eyesight in my late 40s sent me on this path, and I've applied my background to the fullest to solve this...+
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-...and today I can tell you we can have a much more readable future for everyone. There has been a substantial drop in reading — how much due to the internet killing the print industry and replacing magazines & books with unreadable websites??!!!
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Replying to @MyndexResearch @yatil @geoffreycrofte @ardovalexey
I know I live in Perpetual guilt and believe that it was in part my fault that the web of quality fell to shit. I was just the lead for the web standards project I left because Microsoft offered me a contract and I felt it was an ethical issue and now look

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Replying to @mholzschlag @MyndexResearch @yatil @ardovalexey
I read it from afar and I'm sure you all fight for a better web. You all agreed on the facts: errors from the past shouldn't be made again. Let's use this beta to open issues and make the new draft mature. I'm sur we need all your great profiles and experience to succeed.
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And I agree with you: readability and contrast are only a small part of what we should work on. But one step at a time is better than nothing. Have a great week folks 😊
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Replying to @mholzschlag @geoffreycrofte @ardovalexey
Don’t beat yourself up for it. The web is bigger than individual actions. And while there might be butterfly effects happening, the trend is too overwhelming to allow any one individual or organization to work against it. We’re only passengers in a boat that the big orgs steer.
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Replying to @mholzschlag @yatil @geoffreycrofte @ardovalexey
Well, from what I can gather some 86% of sites are not follwing the standards we DO have. There are even standards that some orgs set that they don't meet themselves, as ironically amusing as that is. Reaching out through authoring books and speaking is possibly more effective..
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