Re: H69 is not a sufficient technique for SC 2.4.1

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Devarshi Pant <devarshipant@gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok, that is a plausible explanation, but at the same time it is a global
> statement as well. It should, in my view, be also available in:
> 1.  http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/intro.html
> 2.  http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/
>
> Thank you,
> Devarshi
>
>
>
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> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Loretta Guarino Reid <
> lorettaguarino@google.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Devarshi Pant <devarshipant@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> *Correction. Ignore the earlier post*
>>> Summary of Issue: H69 is not a sufficient technique for SC 2.4.1
>>> Comment (Including rationale for any proposed change):
>>> H69 by itself will not be able to satisfy the accessibility needs of
>>> sighted keyboard only users and hence is not sufficient for SC 2.4.1
>>> (bypass blocks).
>>> Proposed Change:
>>> Remove it from the list of sufficient techniques and merge it with H42.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Devarshi
>>>
>>> ================================
>> Response from the Working Group
>> ================================
>> The User Agent Notes for H69 discuss the native support for navigating by
>> headings that is provided in Opera, and notes that for other browsers,
>> plugins may be needed.   With all of our success criteria the assumption is
>> that people needing special user agents (including AT or special plug-ins)
>> will get and be using that type user agent (eg screen reader, or plug-in
>> that allows keyboard navigation of properly marked up content, etc) .
>>
>> We have added a note to this effect to H69 that reads:
>>
>> NOTE:  All of our techniques assume that people needing special user
>> agents (including AT or special plug-ins) will get and be using that type
>> user agent (eg screen reader, or plug-in that allows keyboard navigation of
>> properly marked up content, etc).
>>
>> Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
>> Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
>> Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact
>>
>>
>> On behalf of the WCAG Working Group
>>
>
> ================================
Response from the Working Group
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Thanks. We will also add the note to
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG-TECHS/intro.html .

We cannot change the WCAG 2.0 document itself, even to fix typos.

Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group