Re: [WebAIM] Color of link text

FWIW I've filed an issue in WCAG's github repo about this:

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/201

Thoughts/support there welcome.

P

On 10/07/2016 17:18, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
> On 10/07/2016 17:03, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>> Great point Patrick
>>
>> There are devices that do have HOVER (detect finger near screen)  — but
>> not all devices do - and we can’t assume that they all will any time
>> soon  (or perhaps not all ever).
>>
>> So great reminder on this.
>
> So we good with this idea of, first of all, patching G183 to exclude
> touchscreen interfaces (and any other interfaces that lack hover/focus)?
> Should we take it straight to the WCAG WG, or work on something here
> first before submitting a change proposal?
>
>>> In short, I'd say we should add a note to G183 saying that it does NOT
>>> apply to touchscreen input (without AT), since there's generally no
>>> concept of hover for touchscreen devices, and that focus is applied
>>> only after the user initiated an interaction/activation.
>
> P


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