- From: Shane McCarron <shane@spec-ops.io>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 21:41:34 -0500
- To: Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com>
- Cc: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, public-apa-admin@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CAJdbnOB59E2N=FQPf5MbNB+fciT=_fcLpUyQXo89LWkoehEFGA@mail.gmail.com>
+1 On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Katie Haritos-Shea GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com > wrote: > +1 on behalf of Knowbility > > > > > > * katie * > > Katie Haritos-Shea > Principal ICT Accessibility Architect (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA) > > Cell: 703-371-5545 | ryladog@gmail.com | Oakton, VA | LinkedIn Profile | > Office: 703-371-5545 | @ryladog > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina@rednote.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:00 PM > To: public-apa-admin@w3.org > Subject: 48-Hour Call for Consensus (CfC): Vibration API Comment > > Colleagues: > > This is a Call for Consensus (CfC) to the Accessible Platform > Architectures (APA) Working Group on our review of the Vibration API > specification: > > https://www.w3.org/TR/2016/PER-vibration-20160818/ > > > This CfC follows on APA Action-2084: > > http://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/track/actions/2084 > > > * Proposed Comment > > The Accessible Platform Architectures (APA) Working Group has found no > specific problem in the Vibration API specification itself. However, we do > request addition of the following section to this specification because of > the need to properly support access to web content for users who are > actually impeded from using web content effectively by vibrating devices. > > > Accessibility Impact Statement > > The Vibration API allows applications to send a silent notification to a > user in response to an event. To date vibration seems generally associated > with notifications and not as an augmenting modality for enhancing > interaction with touch interfaces. We expect that as Web developers > discover the use of Vibration beyond notification, a variety of creative > applications of vibration will emerge. > > While vibration is a powerful and effective medium of communication for > many users, there are users that need to disable and/or control their > device’s vibration element at a global level. For instance, a person with > Attention Deficit Disorder may need to block vibrations to avoid > distractions. Also, a person with Epilepsy may have an application that is > detecting vibrations for tracking symptoms. > > For these reasons, the user agent SHOULD inform the user when the API is > being used and provide a mechanism to disable the API (effectively no-op), > on a per-origin basis or globally. > > > Note: > For example, an implementation might abort the algorithm because no > vibration hardware is present, the user has set a preference indicating > that pages at a given origin should never be able to vibrate the device, > the user has disabled vibration at a global level, or an implementation > might cap the total amount of time a page may cause the device to vibrate > and reject requests in excess of this limit. > > > * ACTION TO TAKE > > This CfC is now open for objection, comment, as well as statements of > support via email. Silence will be interpreted as support, though messages > of support are certainly welcome. > > If you object to this proposed action, or have comments concerning this > proposal, please respond by replying on list to this message no later than > 23:59 (Midnight) Boston Time, Friday 16 September. > > Janina > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina@rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > > > -- Shane McCarron Projects Manager, Spec-Ops
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