- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:10:56 +0000
- To: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Cc: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <AANLkTi=B4WSCqin5DH33O2fSFW4+QGvAzP+A2MAD2QBz@mail.gmail.com>
I think authoring conformance requrements are not served well by the living standard model, there is no certainty over the rules that authors should follow. also including things that are half-baked (hgroup springs to mind) in a standard can potentially mislead developers, waste time thier time and undermine the concept of web (authoring) standards. While the commit then review may be a useful method for the development of new features, it does not follow that it is a good method for the authoring practices that accompany features. regards stevef On 24 January 2011 12:59, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote: > On 24/01/2011 11:39, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:21:39 +0100, Joshue O Connor > > <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote: > >> Yes, but from an a11y focus. The lack of vendor involvement in the spec > >> development, and this latest move will make the resolution of issues > >> such as <canvas> etc much harder. We shall see if this is the case in > >> time, I guess. > > > > Vendors not being involved sounds like the real problem here. And > > historically snapshot-based specifications have not helped with that. > > Exactly. I guess there is little we can do about it at this point. > > > Witness some of the accessibility features added in HTML4. You have to > > design something that all parties are interested in supporting. (Just > > stating some general observations here; not trying to say anything about > > <canvas> as frankly I am not too familiar with the current state of > > affairs.) > > Also agreed, in fact is it just as well if something isn't explicitly an > "accessibility thing" just something that works for lots of diverse > users. There is much in the spec that is very welcome, and will make the > web more accessible, I'm just not convinced the current development is > the best move. > > Anyway, we shall see. > > Cheers > > Josh > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com<http://www.html5accessibility.com/>| www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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