- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 23:57:11 -0400
- To: "Michael[tm] Smith" <mike@w3.org>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Michael(tm) Smith writes: > [trimming Cc] > > Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>, 2015-05-01 17:54 -0400: > > Archived-At: <http://www.w3.org/mid/20150501215403.GI3847@opera.rednote.net> > > > > Let me draw your attention to: > > > > http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/introduction#ua-support > > > > Which includes the following: > > > > "The WAI-ARIA specification neither requires or forbids user agents from > > enhancing native presentation and interaction behaviors on the basis of > > WAI-ARIA markup. Mainstream user agents might expose WAI-ARIA > > navigational landmarks (for example, as a dialog box or through a > > keyboard command) with the intention to facilitate navigation for all > > users. User agents are encouraged to maximize their usefulness to users, > > including users without disabilities." > > > > The above, taken from the ARIA-1.0 TR continues present in the current > > ARIA-1.1 drafts. > > Yet, http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-implementation/ says: > > > In general, WAI-ARIA attributes should only affect how content is mapped > > to platform accessibility APIs. They should not affect the visual > > rendering of content or the behavior of mainstream desktop browsers > You're quoting the specification that defines how ARIA is mapped to accessibility APIs, whereas the quote I presented is aimed at all user agents, regardless of target audience. I see no contradiction. Janina > —Mike > > -- > Michael[tm] Smith https://people.w3.org/mike -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
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