Re: Promise broken on ISSUE 204?

On May 7, 2012, at 3:03 PM, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com> wrote:

> 
> I have my own problems with this text, but can we unpick Maciej's
> objection a little?
> 

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> As far as I know, nobody has put forward a single example where they
> are happy to declare that placing accessibility-related content in
> @hidden would be better for users and authors than alternative
> techniques. So it seems bizarre that we are talking about preventing
> @hidden meeting its original use cases in service of such usage.

To be clear, the concern I am conveying here is about what browsers may do when authors point to @hidden content with aria-describedby. I believe a requirement that content is to be presented, but only in plaintext flattened form, never with semantics, is needlessly limiting. I personally have no personal opinion on whether this construct should be conforming for authors. I don't believe your arguments are responsive to the concern about mandatory flattening.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Monday, 7 May 2012 22:17:28 UTC