Agenda request for input into GitHub Issue #433 to "revise or drop F87: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.1"

Hi Jim, Wayne, Alastair, and all,

Jim. could you please add GitHub Issue #433 to our next LVTF agenda?
It is titled "Failure technique F87 contradicts the Accessible name
and desc algorithm".
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/433

The Failure Technique in question is: F87: Failure of Success
Criterion 1.3.1 due to inserting non-decorative content by using
:before and :after pseudo-elements and the 'content' property in CSS
https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/F87.html

The person who filed the issue would like "updating this technique to
say something like 'whereas CSS content can be used to communicate
helpful information about an element it should not be used for
essential information" altogether. or to drop it.'"

The AG working group would like LVTF input as to the impact this would have.

Wayne and everyone else who uses user style sheets, your thoughts and
use cases to keep the failure would be appreciated.

Tuesday's AG meeting minutes:
https://www.w3.org/2018/07/31-ag-minutes.html#item09

Alastair's comment on the issue:
https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/433#issuecomment-408877292

Thank you.

Kindest Regards,
Laura

-- 
Laura L. Carlson

Received on Tuesday, 31 July 2018 16:43:01 UTC