[Bug 13436] Editorial changes to The Video element (4 of 5)

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=13436

--- Comment #12 from John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu> 2011-08-13 06:02:25 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> 
> You don't understand how to file browser bugs.
> 
> The spec doesn't mandate UI.

Tab, this is not a browser bug tracker, it's the HTML5 bug tracker, and this is
an editorial defect with the current Draft Spec. This bug was discussed by
members of the accessibility task force media group and had support from
members present at that discussion.

This is not a UI requirement but rather a control requirement. You can make it
a button, a drop-down menu or any other UI widget you want it to look like, but
an accessible toggle mechanism is a MUST requirement whenever captions or other
accessibility support materials are present.

If you read the original bug, the phrase "...though such features should,
again, not interfere with the page's normal rendering." is retained, so I am
unclear why this seems so controversial. If you have a start button, you need a
stop button. If you have optional asset(s) assigned to a media asset, you
require a means to toggle it/them on or off. This is not a SHOULD, this is a
MUST - how else will a user be able to interact with the option(s)?

If a user-agent chooses (for example) to make their native controls operate as
a "show/hide" effect (such as how YouTube operates today) then that control bar
MUST contain the toggle when all other controls are presented to the user. This
is not mandating the UI of the controls bar, only the components present on
that controls bar.

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Received on Saturday, 13 August 2011 06:02:27 UTC