- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 15:30:32 -0600
- To: menovak@facstaff.wisc.edu (mark novak)
- Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org, w3c-wai-pf@w3.org
Mark, The only real discussion about DOM in the current UA guidelines is for the full implementation of DOM level 1 to provide access to the content. This is a big enough problem for the working groups and developers right now. The idea of adding chrome to the DOM is an idea of interest to the current UA group, but it really will not effect the current guidelines. Our biggest job right now is educating of AT developers of the DOM capabilities and encouraging them to support the use of DOM to access content. This support should be based on having access to information they do not have right now through other means or it will be easier to get the information through DOM. Jon >also, while i support most of what the UA group has said about >supporting DOM, i am not in favor of adding the chrome (UI) to DOM. In my >opinion, DOM should remain the "clean" data model of the MVC >(model, view, controller paradigm). If the DOM is "extended" to >somehow include the chrome, then the "method of this extension" >is my concern. Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services College of Applied Life Studies University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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