Re: a11y & i18n of Web Notifications / was: Web Notifications I18N Review: [I18N-ISSUE-161, I18N-ISSUE-162]

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Artur Ortega <Artur@ortegalink.com> wrote:
> *  title:
> The title is textual content. For making sure the title of the Web
> Notification is read correctly by the screen reader it has to provide
> additionally the used language.

See the other thread. Even if we allow setting it, that does not mean
it's a) available, b) actually end up getting used by the notification
platforms.


> WCAG 2.0 Guideline 1.1 "Provide text alternatives for any non-text
> content so that it can be changed into other forms people need, such
> as large print, braille, speech, symbols or simpler language."
> Further information can be found at:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/text-equiv.html
> Proposed fix: an icon-alt and icon-lang element

The notification icon, like the favicon, is not content.


>   The Web Notification document mentions additionally that the
> notification " object offers a click event".  A click event is not a
> device independent event.

It is actually. It entirely depends on how it's implemented and
there's no reason it cannot be implemented in a sane way.


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Received on Wednesday, 4 July 2012 16:24:11 UTC