- From: Robert Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:09:25 -0500
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Jul 18, 2007, at 9:42 PM, Robert Burns wrote:
> In an Earlier thread, we discussed the ways HTML5 could build-in
> accessibility by providing commonly used widgets and UI controls
> that UAss could then map to the accessibility hooks provided by
> the UA or by the UAs host operating system. That idea had led me to
> propose doing this with the @role attribute by having a a sensible
> default @role value set for each element.
>
> [...]
>
> Summary:
> HTML5 Element: <progress> with a default @role value of
> "progressbar"
> WAIrole: progressbar
> Mac OS X Accessibility Services: kAXProgressIndicatorRole CFSTR
> ("AXProgressIndicator")
>
> [...]
>
> [1]: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/GUI/roleTaxonomy-20060221.html>
>
> [2]: <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Accessibility/
> Reference/AccessibilityLowlevel/index.html>
Also, for an outline of current HTML5 accessibility features see:
<http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0886.html>
Take care,
Rob
Received on Thursday, 19 July 2007 03:09:35 UTC