- From: Birkir Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson@deque.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:57:21 -0400
- To: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Cc: Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
March 31st CFC email. Meeting minutes: https://www.w3.org/2016/03/31-aria-minutes.html#item04 On 6/19/16, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote: > I can't find any of the discussion as to why the text role was removed. I > remember some talk about adding authoring warnings (which I helped write) > and limiting the role to the HTML-specific element <img> (which I objected > to) and then it disappeared from the spec. In my opinion, this was one of > the more important roles included in ARIA 1.1. > > The text role implementations remain in both WebKit (Safari) and Blink > (Google Chrome). We'd have too many sites break if we removed it. > > That said, I'm looking to find more information about why it was removed or > a CFC about its removal as I have been unable to find it. > > Thanks, > James > > > -- Birkir Gunnarsson, CPACC Senior Accessibility Subject Matter Expert | Deque Systems 2121 Cooperative Way, Suite 210 Herndon, VA, 20171 Ph: (919) 607-27 53 Twitter: @birkir_gun
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