Hi Jonas, ARIA is going through Candidate Recommendation so changing the browser implementation this late in the game is problematic. I read through the code and I don't see what the patch does for accessibility. It appears to simply be iterating through valid ids that match the describedby reference. What are you actually doing with this patch as it is not clear? I am working with Freedom Scientific to be able to process the link when the accessible relationship references an anchor. Thanks, Rich Rich Schwerdtfeger CTO Accessibility Software Group From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> Cc: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>, Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown@alum.mit.edu>, W3C WAI-XTECH <wai-xtech@w3.org>, HTMLwg <public-html@w3.org>, Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, David Bolter <dbolter@mozilla.com> Date: 04/25/2011 03:51 PM Subject: Re: False aria-describedby expectations in ARIA Authoring Practices (longdesc) Sent by: wai-xtech-request@w3.org On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jonas > > "By modifying the code that reads from the DOM and exposes the relevant information to AT." > > Can you provide the code or a link to the patch? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652635 > You wrote: > "Possibly, but wouldn't we be building a better world by leaning on browser vendors to fix their aria implementations, rather than leaningon aria authors to tell them to "dumb down" their aria usage." > > Providing authoring guidance on what works leads to better practical outcomes for users. Leading developers to code to fictional features does not. I don't believe I proposed any such thing. / Jonas
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