the wcag 2.0 guidelines were rolled out in december 2008.
the wcag 2.0 guidelines were rolled out in december 2008.
when was the wcag 2.0 guidelines rolled out?
december 2008
on 11 december 2008, the wai released the wcag 2.0 as a recommendation. wcag 2.0 aims to be up to date and more technology neutral. though web designers can choose either standard to follow, the wcag 2.0 have been widely accepted as the definitive guidelines on how to create accessible websites. governments are steadily adopting the wcag 2.0 as the accessibility standard for their own websites. in 2012, the web content accessibility guidelines were also published as an iso/iec standard: "iso/iec 40500:2012: information technology -- w3c web content accessibility guidelines (wcag) 2.0".
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there has been some criticism of the w3c process, claiming that it does not sufficiently put the user at the heart of the process. there was a formal objection to wcag's original claim that wcag 2.0 will address requirements for people with learning disabilities and cognitive limitations headed by lisa seeman and signed by 40 organizations and people. in articles such as "wcag 2.0: the new w3c guidelines evaluated", "to hell with wcag 2.0" and "testability costs too much", the wai has been criticised for allowing wcag 1.0 to get increasingly out of step with today's technologies and techniques for creating and consuming web content, for the slow pace of development of wcag 2.0, for making the new guidelines difficult to navigate and understand, and other argued failings.
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