- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:56:59 +0100
- To: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>
- Cc: eoconnor@apple.com, franko@microsoft.com, Richard Schwerdtfeger <schwer@us.ibm.com>, public-html-a11y@w3.org, public-html@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CA+ri+VmOPZ1tTxdJxFv5KVu-6yOdqpoJbW0SmUQR-ME_Se_Gng@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Philippe, current status is that 1.Rich and I have provided text for which we are waiting for review [2] 2. there is a new point of possible contention for which Rich (and I concur with his request) has requested a removal [1] The amount of time it will take to reach an agreeement is wholly dependent on the rate at which the parties involved communicate in regards to these outsanding issues. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Jul/0216.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2012Jul/0162.html On 27 July 2012 17:50, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org> wrote: > Steve, Ted, Frank, Richard, > > on 201, the Chairs are currently assuming that you will all come to a > conclusion by end of next week, ie agree on the change proposal. If > that's a false assumption, please let them know and ask for more time. > > Philippe > > On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 15:43 +0100, Steve Faulkner wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > so in regards to the clarification i am seeking I found that the spec > > text is in one of the diffs: (thanks for adding the links to the diffs > > in the proposal) > > http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7028&to=7029 > > > > If any of the following conditions are met, throw a + > > <code>NotSupportedError</code> exception and abort these + > > steps. > > ... > > > > The arguments object's control member is not null but is > > neither an a element that represents a hyperlink, a button > > element, an input element whose type attribute is in one of > > the Checkbox or Radio Button states, nor an input element > > that is a button. > > > > This strongly suggests to me that no ARIA custom control can be > > referenced by the control() method unless it is built on top of of one > > of the listed elements. And the vast majority of HTML elements cannot > > by referenced by control, including interactive elements such as > > <input type=text> or <input type=range> etc. > > > > > > regards > > SteveF > > > -- with regards Steve Faulkner Technical Director - TPG www.paciellogroup.com | www.HTML5accessibility.com | www.twitter.com/stevefaulkner HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives - dev.w3.org/html5/alt-techniques/ Web Accessibility Toolbar - www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
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