- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:06:52 -0400
- To: John Foliot <john@foliot.ca>
- CC: public-html@w3.org, 'HTML Accessibility Task Force' <public-html-a11y@w3.org>
On 08/13/2012 10:28 PM, John Foliot wrote: > > This is a direct contravention of a WCAG 2 AA Requirement: > > "2.4.7 Focus Visible: Any keyboard operable user interface has a > mode of operation where the keyboard focus indicator is visible." > http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-WCAG20-20081211/#navigation-mechanisms-focus-v > isible > > Therefore, implementation of this Change Proposal is a Direct and Willful > Violation of the existing WCAG Specification, and the basis of My Formal > Objection. I do not believe that the HTML5 WG should be violating such an > important W3C Recommendation (one which countless countries and industries > have based their entire on-line accessibility requirements - whether > policies or legislation - upon). This seems to cover much of the same ground as Janina's Formal Objection: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Aug/0402.html My question here is simply: do we really have two unique formal objections here, or can they be merged into one? > John Foliot - Sam Ruby
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