- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2024 19:51:17 +0000
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 06/02/2024 21:31, Madeleine Rothberg wrote: > While I was looking at a different issue with a colleague, we were > discussing the failure documentation for F26: Failure of Success > Criterion 1.3.3 due to using a graphical symbol alone to convey information. > > https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/F26 <https:// > www.w3.org/TR/2016/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20161007/F26> I'll note that that technique...appears to be wrong, as 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics isn't about whether or not content uses images, colours, sounds, or whatever (since that's covered by other SCs like 1.1.1 Non-Text Content) ... but rather whether or not *instructions* *refer* to things by their sensory characteristics - e.g. if there was an instruction elsewhere on the page that then said "make sure to go back to the fields that use the big red cross symbol" or similar. P -- Patrick H. Lauke * https://www.splintered.co.uk/ * https://github.com/patrickhlauke * https://flickr.com/photos/redux/ * https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke
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