- From: David MacDonald <david@can-adapt.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:35:19 -0400
- To: John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com>
- Cc: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com>, WCAG Editors <team-wcag-editors@w3.org>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAAdDpDZmfTKunrQB-0Wxaz4o953M4p-kzW+M-0j5-5QjkBSrQg@mail.gmail.com>
I'll update... with all of the suggestions and picking through Wilco's auto-wcag items... Cheers, David MacDonald *Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.* Mobile: 613.806.9005 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> twitter.com/davidmacd GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> * Adapting the web to all users* * Including those with disabilities* If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 7:50 PM, John Foliot <john.foliot@deque.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'll also add that one of the more important goals is to make the > identified inputs Programmatically Determinable. This is achieved by > applying the appropriate metadata value(s) defined by the @autocomplete > attribute. > > The "magic" that the @autocomplete attribute achieves is specifically > because of this Programmatc determination - the browser does simple pattern > matching against a list of values locally stored with the browser, and > supplies the appropriate corresponding value when the input is > programmatically tagged. > > It should also be clearly noted that currently neither Edge nor IE support > the functionality found in Chrome, Firefox or Safari with regard to > auto-filling the form inputs. > > JF > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 6:27 PM Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@levelaccess.com> > wrote: > >> David, >> >> Thanks for putting this together. I think we should reference Section 7 >> <https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#input-purposes> of the WCAG standard >> which defines the purposes. While it could be used for all autocomplete >> values in HTML it’s aimed at the ones in our list – so we might want to >> clarify that first line. >> >> >> >> I would also restate “The objective of this technique is to make form >> fields easier to fill out and understand.” To something like “The objective >> of this technique is to make form fields easier to understand with an added >> benefit of making them easier to fill out” since the focus on the SC is on >> input purpose to help identify the fields. >> >> >> >> There are also some typos. >> >> - Familiar >> - Explicitly >> >> >> >> Jonathan >> >> >> >> *From:* David MacDonald <david@can-adapt.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 17, 2018 5:37 PM >> *To:* WCAG Editors <team-wcag-editors@w3.org>; WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> >> *Subject:* first pass of autocomplete technique >> >> >> >> Just did a first pass of autocomplete technique >> >> >> >> https://github.com/w3c/wcag/blob/tech-autocomplete/ >> techniques/html/autocomplete.html >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> David MacDonald >> >> >> >> *Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.* >> >> Mobile: 613.806.9005 >> >> LinkedIn >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> >> >> twitter.com/davidmacd >> >> GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> >> >> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> >> >> >> >> * Adapting the web to all users* >> >> * Including those with disabilities* >> >> >> >> If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy >> <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> >> >
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