- From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:18:51 -0700
- To: Birkir Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson@deque.com>
- Cc: Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group <public-aria@w3.org>, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
Thanks Birkir > On Jun 19, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Birkir Gunnarsson <birkir.gunnarsson@deque.com> wrote: > > March 31st CFC email. > Meeting minutes: https://www.w3.org/2016/03/31-aria-minutes.html#item04 > > > >> On 6/19/16, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote: >> I can't find any of the discussion as to why the text role was removed. I >> remember some talk about adding authoring warnings (which I helped write) >> and limiting the role to the HTML-specific element <img> (which I objected >> to) and then it disappeared from the spec. In my opinion, this was one of >> the more important roles included in ARIA 1.1. >> >> The text role implementations remain in both WebKit (Safari) and Blink >> (Google Chrome). We'd have too many sites break if we removed it. >> >> That said, I'm looking to find more information about why it was removed or >> a CFC about its removal as I have been unable to find it. >> >> Thanks, >> James >> >> >> > > > -- > Birkir Gunnarsson, CPACC > Senior Accessibility Subject Matter Expert | Deque Systems > 2121 Cooperative Way, Suite 210 > Herndon, VA, 20171 > > Ph: (919) 607-27 53 > Twitter: @birkir_gun >
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