Re: Length of line

I think it depends on the technology stack that is relied upon for
conformance.

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On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 8:22 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 13/01/2017 00:10, Alastair Campbell wrote:
>
>> JF wrote:
>>
>>> a significant re-write is likely in order, as that is not at all
>>> clear from the current draft text​, which states that (for the
>>> author) a mechanism be provided​ (actually, "a mechanism is
>>> available")​ - which suggests to me that it is the responsibility
>>> of the author to provide that mechanism.
>>>
>>
>> I get that people aren't understanding that the intent is that it
>> could be via user-agent, I didn't to start with either. However,
>> don't you want to keep the WCAG 2.0 approach?
>>
>> This is language directly taken from 2.0, used in bypass blocks,
>> audio control, link purpose, unusual words, error prevention, and
>> more at AAA.
>>
>> Mechanism is defined in WCAG, and the (normative) note underneath
>> is: "Note 1: The mechanism may be explicitly provided in the content,
>> or may be relied upon to be provided by either the platform or by
>> user agents, including assistive technologies."
>>
>> If that isn't suitable, what would you suggest? Can we sort it out in
>> the Understanding doc?
>>
>> I think we're retiring Line length, but the point is the same for
>> several others, so it is worth hashing out.
>>
>
> The disconnect for me comes when UAs/platforms that don't provide that
> particular functionality/mechanism are then also excluded...so effectively
> we're saying "a mechanism for X should be available, which in most cases is
> already taken care of by the UA, except this SC doesn't apply if the UA
> doesn't provide this sort of mechanism"?
>
> P
>
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