RE: question about the draft:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-html-request@w3.org [mailto:public-html-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Ian Hickson
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 8:32 PM
> To: Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
> Cc: public-html@w3.org
> Subject: Re: question about the draft:
> 
> > If this assertion is true, why do you need "an appropriate HTML
> element"
> > when you can create a nonce-element using the very techniques you
> have
> > proposed ?
> 
> A "nonce-element" doesn't help screen readers. Screen readers only know
> real HTML elements, they don't know about the inventions of the author.
> Extensibility solutions don't help accessibility.

They do, *if* we provide a mechanism to tie semantics/accessibility to the
class.

J.Ja

Received on Tuesday, 5 August 2008 04:29:03 UTC