RE: Action Item Bug: 1568

Hi Gez,

At the last WG meeting the WG decided to not define FOCUS because it
actually has different meanings in different places.  Also, people know what
it means that can do something about this.  

It was felt that there was a problem with people reading fast and mistaking
"receives focus" with focus.   So in the Guide doc we can just put a note to
clarify this and it would be more effective than two definitions that the
user would have to decipher and integrate to get the same conclusion.

Make sense to you?  If not give me a buzz. 


 
Gregg

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Professor - Ind. Engr. & BioMed Engr.
Director - Trace R & D Center 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 


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[mailto:public-wcag-teama-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Gez Lemon
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:18 PM
To: public-wcag-teama@w3.org
Subject: Action Item Bug: 1568


Hi all,

I received an action item from the last team A meeting to look into Bug 1568
[1]:

"the glossary defines a change in focus as a change in context so this SC
doesn't make sense."

This issue has been raised in relation to Guideline 3.2 Level 1 Success
Criteria 1 [2]

"When any component receives focus, it does not cause a change of context."

A change in focus is not the same as receiving focus. As Andi Snow-Weaver
raised this issue, I think it adds weight that we do provide a definition
for focus and receives focus. If it's difficult to understand by members of
the working group, there's a good chance it could be misinterpreted by those
who have not been involved or following the progress of WCAG 2.0.

I read in the minutes of the 29th September meeting [3] that there was a
resolution from the working group not to define focus, and Andi was present
at the meeting.

[1] http://trace.wisc.edu/bugzilla_wcag/show_bug.cgi?id=1568
[2] http://trace.wisc.edu/wcag_wiki/index.php?title=Guide_to_3.2_L1_SC1
[3] http://www.w3.org/2005/09/29-wai-wcag-minutes.html#item04

Best regards,

Gez

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