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aria-flowto changes user-agent behavior, which isn't the intended purpose of ARIA

From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 23:58:36 -0800
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To: WAI XTech <wai-xtech@w3.org>

aria-flowto changes user agent behavior, which isn't the intended  
purpose of ARIA.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/#aria-flowto

If ARIA really needs this, we should move it to section 6.2.3 and make  
it a requirement of implementing host languages.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/aria/#host_general_focus

Received on Monday, 8 December 2008 07:59:28 GMT

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