[Bug 23984] Is it possible to implement drawCustomFocusRing?

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23984

--- Comment #7 from Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org> ---
It seems that history gets lost pretty quickly.

On November 6, Rich made the following statement:
[[
We will be testing drawCustomFocusRing as well but it has been implemented in
FF 28. Both are fully working in Chrome Canary for Windows and Mac OSX.
Implementation will not be a problem.
]]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Nov/0010.html

On December 3, Charles sent the following statement related to *keeping
drawCustomFocusRing* in the spec:
[[
This proposition has not received consensus. While there was only one  
clear objection objection [1], it appears likely there is further dissent.  
However, it does have significant support. It is also the pre-existing  
position of the Task Force.
]]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Dec/0006.html

Note the "significant support" mentioned above. I didn't assert that there is
support to keep it in the spec, I simply want to acknowledge in this issue that
there is no consensus to remove it, due to not having everyone on the same
line.

I actually argue that drawCustomFocusRing isn't implemented in this email:
[[
While both Google Canary and Firefox Nightly have the function
drawCustomFocusRing, I did not manage to make it do anything even after
activating "High-Contrast" and/or "Thicker Rectangle" on Windows 8. See
also
 https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23984
]]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Dec/0011.html

and no one disputed that email so far, or told me that I didn't use the proper
method to test drawCustomFocusRing.

The whole point of this issue is to highlight the fact that implementation of
drawCustomFocusRing will be problematic, and to bring this question to a useful
conclusion, rather than assumptions on each side without ever reaching a clear
conclusion.

There is now a CfC on the table to remove drawCustomFocusRing:
[[ 
The Task Force supports removing drawCustomFocusRing from the Canvas 2d  
Context level 1.
]]
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2013Dec/0022.html

This should hopefully resolve this issue and allows us to move on. After that,
we ought to be able to assert that there is agreement to remove it.

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