- From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:08:57 -0500
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Hi Tab, > For now, I've filed a bug to add a mapping for <details> and <summary> > to the aria mapping table. > http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9623 Thank you very much for filing this bug. I hope that the accessibility task force decides to track it. The task force currently has 28 bugs [1] that have no decision whether they will be accepted as official work items or not. I'll add this one to the list and include it in my weekly bug report [2]. Hopefully the task force will decide on criteria for accepting bugs at some point. [3] However, the main point is that the accessibility task force has declared that they will make these elements better [4]. I don't see any issues or actions is in the Accessibility Task Force's own tracker [5] to insure that <figure>, <aside>, <hidden>, <progress>, and <meter> are all made better. The task force should sign off on each element saying, * Yes, <figure> has our stamp of approval. We fully endorse it. It is accessible and good to go. * Yes, <aside> has our stamp of approval. We fully endorse it. It is accessible and good to go. * Yes, <hidden> has our stamp of approval. We fully endorse it. It is accessible and good to go. * Yes <progress> has our stamp of approval. We fully endorse it. It is accessible and good to go. * Yes, <meter> has our stamp of approval. We fully endorse it. It is accessible and good to go. >> Another thing that is worrisome is using JavaScript to patch a native >> element which is supposed to be a solution for not having to write >> JavaScript. >> http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/html5-details-jquery > > I don't understand this objection, Laura. > This is an interim helper while browsers still exist that don't > implement <details> (which is all of them right now That's the point...interim helpers are needed. When will they not be needed? Best Regards, Laura [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs#A11yTF_Keyword [2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/Weekly_Resolved_and_Rejected_Bugs_Reports [3] http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/Bugs/KeywordCriteria [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-a11y/2010Apr/0183.html [5] http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/track/ -- Laura L. Carlson
Received on Friday, 30 April 2010 10:09:30 UTC