Question on Active state styling for links

I received a question that originated with the EO working group where 
they would like an opinion from the Mobile Accessibility Task Force.

Is there a particular value in providing alternative styling for :active 
links in the mobile environment? That is, when the link is touched or 
clicked that there is a visible change in appearance.

An informal opinion from the WCAG WG is that WCAG doesn't address the 
need for alternative styling -- outside of issues of how it is styled, 
e.g. for color and contrast.  Is there a particular value from the 
mobile perspective that merits creating a technique for this?

Here is the example from EO  --the "Getting Started Tips", specifically 
on "Ensure interactive elements are easy to identify": -
http://w3c.github.io/wai-quick-start/designing.html#ensure-interactive-elements-are-easy-to-identify 


Thanks,

jeanne

Received on Wednesday, 8 July 2015 13:52:17 UTC