- From: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:47:20 +0000
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, "public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org" <public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org>
Patrick H. wrote:
> No if the touch interface relied on detecting swipes, it would fail
> proposed 2.1 since it can't be operated using all non-pointer interfaces
> (adding keyboard events would allow traditional keyboard controls, but
> wouldn't do anything for touch+AT scenario)
Ah, so a finger isn’t a pointing device? ;-)
In my head the JS events types fall into categories of mouse, keyboard, touch and higher-level (e.g. focus/blur).
With mouse & touch counting as ‘pointer’ events.
I had thought that web-content could include features using mouse, keyboard & touch events that are missed if you use touch+AT.
Is there no gap there?
Hopefully this isn’t me being dumb, but even if it is then it’s a trap others might fall into, and worth considering in terms of wording.
Cheers,
-Alastair
Received on Monday, 18 July 2016 08:47:54 UTC