Re: Comment LC-1116

This comment referred to SC 2.5.1 "If an input error is detected, the
error is identified and described to the user in text."

Loretta

On 7/6/07, Gian Sampson-Wild <gian@tkh.com.au> wrote:
> Comment 89:
>
> Source: http://www.w3.org/mid/001f01c695f9$31b504e0$9288b23a@tkhcomputer
> (Issue ID: LC-1116)
>
> Examples: The example implies that this SC requires that correctly filled
> out fields are kept available after reload - is this what this SC requires?
>
> Proposed Change:
>
> Clarify the SC
>
> ----------------------------
> Response from Working Group:
> ----------------------------
>
> You are right that the success criteria doesn't require all correctly filled
> out fields to be kept available after reload. We don't believe we can
> require this at Level A, however, as there may be valid reasons, such as
> security and privacy, for not doing this. We have modified the example to
> use an alert instead of a page reload. If authors use this technique, a good
> benefit is that the user's original entries will be preserved even though
> the success criterion doesn't require it.
> ----------------------------
> Response from GSW:
> ----------------------------
> Does this alert require client-side scripting and if so, should WCAG2 be
> requiring the use of a particular technology? Is it possible to say "keep
> fields after reload unless information has security or privacy requirements
> and instead then provide an alert"? If you can remind me of which SC this
> refers to I can comment more accurately.
>
>

Received on Friday, 6 July 2007 14:36:15 UTC