- From: E.J. Zufelt <everett@zufelt.ca>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:43:01 -0400
- To: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html-a11y@w3.org
On 2010-09-17, at 8:35 AM, Steven Faulkner wrote: > Hi Everett, > > I heartily support this, as its a major and common issue for keyboard and assistive technology users. > > > > you wrote: > > "Add a modal element to html5 to indicate a modal segment of the DOM (modal dialog)" > > any reason why it could not be a modal attribute? No reason at all. > Add a modal element, or attribute, to html5 to indicate a modal segment of the DOM (modal dialog) > > bruce wrote: quoting Ian Hickson, > > "I’d add it to HTML 5, but there are so many new features already that we need to wait for the browsers to catch up." > > This is not a decision for the editor to make, but if we are concerned about the load on browser vemdors, we could drop the hidden attribute from HTML5, which is a new feature that has been stated by the editor being a major boon to accessibility, but adds little that is not already handled by the use of CSS display and visibility properties. > I would rather see modal than hidden in the spec, but ideally both. However, I can understand how the cost of implementation may be lower with hidden than with modal. > IMO the accessibility benefits alone (not considering the aggregate benefits to the broader community) are vastly greater with modal than with hidden. >
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