Weekly Resolved & Rejected Bugs Report

Hello Everyone,

Since the last report we have had:

2 WONTFIX bug resolutions. Details are in section 1.
1 NEEDSINFO bug resolutions. Details are in section 2.
7 NEW a11y bug reported. Details are in section 3.
1 CLOSED bugs. Details are in section 4.
2 ESCALATED BUGS. Details are in section 5.

16 total NEW a11y bugs existed on November 6, 2010. A November 6 bug
snapshot is at:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/New_A11Y_Bug_Snapshot_20101106

A backlog of 85 a11y bugs on the HTML5 Spec await task force decision
of whether to apply the a11ytf keyword or not. Details are in section
6.

Details are as follows.


1. WONTFIX BUGS:

1.1 Bug 9215: "Provide a Webcam example that is in accord with WCAG 2
or Defer to "HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives"
 Reported by Laura Carlson.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9215
This bug had previously been marked WONTFIX by Ian on March 29. I
bought it to this Task Force's attention on March 30.
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Mar/0564.html

The bug team reopened this bug on September second with the comment
"Bug triage sub-team says this should be reopened to consider advice
of
accessibility specialists more. Assigning to Steve Faulkner to provide
additional info."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9215#c16
On October 28 Steve* reassigned it back to Ian. Ian rejected it.
Change Description: no spec change
Ian's Rationale: No new information since comment 14. "Note that I'll
consider advice from anyone, not just self-styled "accessibility
specialists", if it makes sense. I'm certainly not going to take
anyone's advice when it doesn't make sense, though, whatever their
qualifications."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9215#c17

*Note: Steve had a separate but related bug (number 9174) on his alt
techniques document to add a Webcam example. He did that back in
April. Thanks again, Steve.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9174


1.2 Bug 10873: "Provide a method of explicitly setting a tooltip for
an element" reported by Everett Zufelt.
Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Ian's Rationale: "see above."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10873#c13


2. NEEDSINFO BUGS:

2.1 Bug 10419: "<video> should allow muted as a content attribute"
reported by Adrian Bateman.
Status: "Did Not Understand Request"
Change Description: "no spec change"
Rationale: "See comment 19. I'm happy to change this to using
muted/.defaultMuted instead of audio="" if other browser vendors agree
that it's a better solution. In the meantime, I've left the spec using
audio="" since that's the solution that IMHO fulfills the most
constraints (including the "don't reflect with a different name"
constraint that sicking has been a big proponent for)."
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10419#c19


3. NEW BUGS:

3.1 Bug 11199: "Need standard way to creating heading streams"
reported by Laurent Goderre.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11199

3.2 Bug 11207: "Make track element additions technology neutral"
reported by Sean Hayes.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11207

3.3 Bug 11238: "Enable canvas to support accessible rich text editing"
reported by Rich Schwerdtfeger.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11238

3.4 Bug 11239: "Canvas support accessible caret tracking independent
of Focus Ring tracking" reported by Rich Schwerdtfeger.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11239

3.5 Bug 11240: "Canvas support accessible selection position tracking
independent of Focus Ring tracking" reported by Rich Schwerdtfeger.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11240

3.6 Bug 11241: "Canvas support accessible Focus Ring tracking
independent of caret or selection tracking" reported by Rich
Schwerdtfeger.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11241

3.7 Bug 11242: "Canvas must define what HTML elements may be used in
the DOM Subtree" reported by Rich Schwerdtfeger.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11242


4. CLOSED BUGS:

4.1 Bug 10712: "Drag and Drop: Add an attribute to identify drop
targets" reported by Gez Lemon.
Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diffs given above
Ian's Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments.
Gez marked this bug CLOSED FIXED.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10712


5. ESCALATED BUGS:

5.1 Bug 10645: "Add a modal attribute to html5 to indicate a modal
segment of the DOM (modal dialog)" reported by Everett Zufelt. This
bug was raised to Tracker Issue 133.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10645
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/133
Related Email:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Nov/0073.html

5.2 Bug 10831: "Provide tablist and tab states for menu and command
elements respectively" reported by Everett Zufelt. This bug was raised
to to Tracker Issue 134.
http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10831
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/134
Related Email:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Nov/0074.html


6. "A11yTF" KEYWORD BACKLOG:

We currently have 85 HTML5 Spec bugs awaiting task force decision of
whether to apply the a11ytf keyword or not.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision

One bug on document "HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text
alternatives Bugs" awaits task force decision. Michael(tm) Smith is
editor of that document.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision#HTML:_The_Markup_Language_Reference_Bugs_Awaiting_Decision

One bug on document "HTML Working Group Decision Policy" awaits task
force decision. Maciej Stachowiak, Paul Cotton, Sam Ruby are the
editors of that document.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision#HTML_Working_Group_Decision_Policy_Bugs_Awaiting_Decision

No bugs on document on the document "HTML5: Techniques for providing
useful text alternatives Bugs" await task force decision. Steve
Faulkner is editor of that document.
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision#Text_Alternatives_Techniques_Bugs_Awaiting_Decision


7. RELATED REFERENCES:

Weekly Resolved and Rejected Bugs Reports Archive
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Weekly_Resolved_and_Rejected_Bugs_Reports

A11y Resolved Bug Comparisons:
http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/html5bugchart/

New Bug Snapshots
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/New_A11Y_Bug_Snapshot

Backlog of Bugs Awaiting "A11yTF" Keyword Decision
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Bugs_Awaiting_A11yTF_Keyword_Decision

"A11yTF" Keyword Criteria (Draft)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/KeywordCriteria

Bug Status Table:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs#Bug_Status_Table

Escalating a Bug to an Issue:
http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Escalating_a_Bug_to_an_Issue

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson

Received on Saturday, 6 November 2010 12:21:29 UTC