Re: [Lynx-dev] Why Won't this Site Work in LYNX?

[David Woolley]

On 03/05/2022 01:15, Karen Lewellen wrote:


> The technical baseline clause in  at least some editions of WACG 
> discourages that sort of thing, unless you are providing the tool in 
> question.

WCAG also allows any technology for which support is widely available in 
mainstream browser, and even includes an AJAX mail client as an example 
<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#dfn-web-page-s>, which would be totally 
unusable in Lynx.  Simply stating that your page requires JavaScript is 
enough to, legally, exclude Lynx as a testing aid.

The rather convoluted description of what support needs to be available 
before a technology, such as Javascript, is acceptable, is in 
<https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/conformance#uc-accessibility-supported-definition-head>.

Lynx is unlikely to be considered mainstream, these days.

You need to remember that WCAG is specified by consultants and browser 
manufacturers, who are influenced by the "needs" of businesses, as well 
what may be good for elements of the public.  (It reminds me of the 
Covid debate on economy versus health.)