RE: notation for access keys

Thanks John that covers my concerns of clashes and discoverability.

Componentization will no doubt complicate the issue.

Steve Lee
Sent from my mobile device Please excuse typing errors
On 3 Aug 2015 15:51, "John Foliot" <john.foliot@deque.com> wrote:

> Hi Lisa, Coga TF,
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> FWIW, there is some concern about adding this aria-kbdshortcuts to the
> mix, as it is a poor implementation of accesskeys, that delivers half the
> functionality, with all the problems that accesskeys still have, including
> discoverability, conflict resolution, internationalization, and the ability
> for the end-user to apply remapping of keys to meet their needs.
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> I was fortunate enough to be at a lunch meeting were this issue was
> discussed with a number of Googlers who are involved in the
> aria-kbdshortcuts discussion, and there is some other activity going on
> around browser functionality and accesskeys that will be experimental to
> start, but an effort to address the issues with accesskeys, as opposed to
> re-inventing the wheel with a new aria attribute.
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> Bottom line? Wait and watch aria-kbdshortcuts, but do not expect that they
> will be adopted fully (or even partially) at this time.
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> I’ve copied Chaals McCathieNevile on this note, as he is actively heading
> up this accesskey work today – he may have further thoughts to add.
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> JF
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> On Jul 30, 2015, at 4:52 AM, lisa.seeman <lisa.seeman@zoho.com> wrote:
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> Hi Folks
> Should  our default representation for keyboard short cuts be consistent
> with the following
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> http://rawgit.com/w3c/aria/master/aria/aria.html#aria-kbdshortcuts
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> (This is for the personalization notation in
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> see https://rawgit.com/w3c/coga/master/issue-papers/links-buttons.html
> and  https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/cognitive-a11y-tf/wiki/Easy_Personalization
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> )
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> All the best
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> Lisa Seeman
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