Re: PROPOSAL: Minimum requirements for configuration of selection (Checkpoint 4.13)

Ian,
We do require exporting information on selection to AT.  But I would be 
interested in other peoples opinons.
Jon


At 02:32 AM 7/12/2000 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote:
>Jon Gunderson wrote:
> >
> > To make the minimum requirements for checkpoint 4.13 simpler, I suggest the
> > following change to limit the scope of the checkpoint to only changing 
> colors:
> >
> > <OLD>
> > 4.13 Allow the user to configure how the selection is highlighted (e.g.,
> > foreground and background color). [Priority 1]
> > </OLD>
> >
> > <NEW>
> > 4.13 Allow the user to configure the color used to highlight a selection.
> > Make available the range of system colors. [Priority 1]
> > </NEW>
>
>Hi,
>
>I propose instead requiring the user agent to implement at least one
>mechanism
>other than changing colors (since color alone might cause problems for
>some users).
>We can suggest, for example, underlining, or a box, and point to CSS
>focus
>rectangles.
>
>  - Ian
>
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Received on Wednesday, 12 July 2000 10:34:03 UTC