- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:10:22 +0100
- To: Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com>
- Cc: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, public-html@w3.org, HTML Accessibility Task Force <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
hi ben, "Why do you think it's better for user agents not to expose such content when such education efforts fail, as they normally do?" I am not suggesting forbidding user agents from exposing anything, I am suggesting promoting it as a useful method to expose rich content is not a productive or worthwhile idea and in general we should be not advocating it. regards SteveF On 21 August 2012 17:03, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Steve Faulkner > <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: >> "A key rationale for exposing @hidden content via @aria-describedby is >> that naive authors will expect such content to be exposed whatever the >> specs and linters say." >> >> I have not disagreed with the concept of referencing @hidden content, >> but as to providing access to all hidden content just in case, I think >> we need to educate authors rather than accomodate their naivety. > > Why do you think it's better for user agents not to expose such > content when such education efforts fail, as they normally do? > > -- > Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | 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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