Re: H69 is not a sufficient technique for SC 2.4.1

Thanks!

On 9/27/12, Loretta Guarino Reid <lorettaguarino@google.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
> ================================
> 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
>

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