- From: Bailey, Bruce <Bruce.Bailey@ed.gov>
- Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:18:10 -0500
- To: "Gregg Vanderheiden" <gv@trace.wisc.edu>
- Cc: "Guide Lines list" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Java Guru from Sun wrote: "A Java applet cannot affect anything outside of the VM it is running in. It could have some affect on the web browser, to the extent the Java applet is still running. Alt-Tab away, it should have no effect." I wrote: >> I wasn't thinking about Alt-Tab not working when I raised this question The rest is GV: > Not sure what you mean by Alt-Tab problem. I hope this clears that up. The Sun Java Guru brought up Alt-Tab -- which lead me to worry that the actual nature of my question was not conveyed. I understand that Alt-Tab is an OS keystroke and not something a Java applet should have access to. But I can't abide leaving questions directed at me unanswered, so indulge me while I close this out... > Do Java applets prevent you from alt tabbing to other programs? No. > Does Alt-Tab work for real keys but not StickyKeys? No. Alt-Tab works okay for StickyKeys. > If it doesn't work for either - then it isn't a StickyKeys or access feature > problem. Only if it worked for real keys but not StickyKeys. I've not heard > of that and am not sure how it could happen. > Have you seen that? Nope, but that wasn't my question. > My understanding is that [the Java VM] is completely dependent on the OS > to pass text. That is part of the 'security sandbox'. StickyKeys, etc., > are implemented very low so that all apps pick them up. Great! Then not having something like 1194.21(b) in WCAG 2.0 should not be a problem. And the applicability of 1194.21(g) is even more remote than .21(b).
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