RE: ARIA use in HTML other than for accessibility. from Léonie Watson on 2015-05-02 (public-html@w3.org from May 2015)

From: Léonie Watson <lwatson@paciellogroup.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 16:19:09 +0100
To: "'Steve Faulkner'" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>, "'Schnabel, Stefan'" <stefan.schnabel@sap.com>
Cc: "'Janina Sajka'" <janina@rednote.net>, "'HTMLWG WG'" <public-html@w3.org>, "'HTML Accessibility Task Force'" <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, "'W3C WAI Protocols & Formats'" <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <008b01d084eb$579fb610$06df2230$@paciellogroup.com>

Another idea that has bubbled up from time to time, is the notion that the browser could provide basic functionality based on explicit roles. Keyboard interaction when role=”button” for example.

 

It’s something that would have been good to have had from the outset, and it may be that too much existing content would break if we tried now. It’s worth exploring though perhaps?

 

Léonie.

 

 

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Léonie Watson Senior accessibility engineer, TPG

@LeonieWatson @PacielloGroup PacielloGroup.com

Received on Saturday, 2 May 2015 15:19:28 UTC