- From: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:55:00 -0400
- To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, eoconnor@apple.com, franko@microsoft.com
- Cc: Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>, public-html-a11y@w3.org, public-html@w3.org
On Sat, 2012-07-28 at 10:56 +0100, Steve Faulkner wrote: > Hi Philippe, > current status is that > 1.Rich and I have provided text for which we are waiting for review > [2] > 2. there is a new point of possible contention for which Rich (and I > concur with his request) has requested a removal [1] > > The amount of time it will take to reach an agreeement is wholly > dependent on the rate at which the parties involved communicate in > regards to these outsanding issues. Steve, thank you for the update Ted, Frank, your input would be welcome, Philippe > [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Jul/0216.html > [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Jul/0162.html > > On 27 July 2012 17:50, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org> wrote: > Steve, Ted, Frank, Richard, > > on 201, the Chairs are currently assuming that you will all > come to a > conclusion by end of next week, ie agree on the change > proposal. If > that's a false assumption, please let them know and ask for > more time. > > Philippe > > On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 15:43 +0100, Steve Faulkner wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > so in regards to the clarification i am seeking I found that > the spec > > text is in one of the diffs: (thanks for adding the links to > the diffs > > in the proposal) > > http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7028&to=7029 > > > > If any of the following conditions are met, throw a > + > > <code>NotSupportedError</code> exception and abort > these + > > steps. > > ... > > > > The arguments object's control member is not null > but is > > neither an a element that represents a hyperlink, > a button > > element, an input element whose type attribute is > in one of > > the Checkbox or Radio Button states, nor an input > element > > that is a button. > > > > This strongly suggests to me that no ARIA custom control can > be > > referenced by the control() method unless it is built on top > of of one > > of the listed elements. And the vast majority of HTML > elements cannot > > by referenced by control, including interactive elements > such as > > <input type=text> or <input type=range> etc. > > > > > > regards > > SteveF > > > > > > > -- > with regards > > Steve Faulkner > Technical Director - TPG > > www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | > www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner > HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - > dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ > Web Accessibility Toolbar - > www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html >
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