Re: Objection to password role

• From: Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs@igalia.com>
• Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 15:19:57 -0400
• To: Birkir Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson@deque.com>
• Cc: Michiel Bijl <michiel@agosto.nl>, ARIA Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <c5be40bb-55ca-b230-40c0-ecb468a86044@igalia.com>

On 06/17/2016 03:10 PM, Birkir Gunnarsson wrote:

> And it doesn't appear that there is much demand for this role from
> people using custom password fields today, at least if the lack of
> examples from the wild is an indication.

Agreed. In an attempt to confirm or deny this, I've just emailed the
Orca users list to see if they've come across these creatures or not,
and get concrete examples if possible. I'll report back in a few days. :)

> This demand may grow in future, but we are not talking about taking
> this role off the table completely, but to prioritize more important
> issues affecting users with disabilities today while making sure to
> balance the need for the role with its possible harmful effects on
> users.

Also agreed.

--joanie

Received on Friday, 17 June 2016 19:20:33 UTC