- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2016 18:15:43 -0400
- To: "White, Jason J" <jjwhite@ets.org>
- Cc: "public-aria-admin@w3.org" <public-aria-admin@w3.org>
Jason: The publishers cannot default to making the descriptions world readable. In fact, I submit you and I wouldn't want that either. The user scenario is, and has always been, expose the long description only upon user request. The issue of supporting non AT users is being taken up separately. If you care about that specific concern, please be sure to join the APA call next Wednesday. Janina White, Jason J writes: > I don't oppose the CFC, but neither am I comfortable supporting it. The concern is that "should not" may be insufficiently strong to discourage authors and application developers from hiding material that could benefit people with disabilities (in particular, those with learning and cognitive disabilities) who do not use ARIA-capable AT, or indeed AT at all. > > A further concern is that hidden material is invisible to developers and evaluators unless they inspect the DOM or use accessibility API viewing tools. This surely cannot help in reducing the occurrence of mistakes. > > Thus it's a reluctant "I can live with it" response to this one. > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may contain privileged or confidential information. It is solely for use by the individual for whom it is intended, even if addressed incorrectly. If you received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender; do not disclose, copy, distribute, or take any action in reliance on the contents of this information; and delete it from your system. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. > > > Thank you for your compliance. > > ________________________________ -- 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
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