Re: Device manipulation

Well - the keyboard interface provision ensures that there is always at least that method (built in or connected keyboard operation)  for operating things - that will work for people who don’t have fine (or even any real ) pointing ability. 

But for those who can point but not well,  and for people with cognitive disabilities that might be confused with overloaded pointing options -  it could be very helpful to have these find pointing movement options be real options and not the only way. 

gregg

> On May 19, 2016, at 5:02 PM, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote:
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> With regards to pressure: well yes, that's of course the ideal situation we SHOULD have. but there's no guarantee that authors WILL actually do this. Authors can use pressure information for all sorts of things, and may choose not to make it a shortcut or have an equivalent. Hence the idea of making this explicit. (whether the onus then falls on the authors to explicitly provide a mechanism, or if the mechanism is fulfilled by the platform/AT itself, is another discussion).
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> On 19/05/2016 22:37, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote:
>> as long as increased pressure, double clicking etc are all shortcuts —
>> alternate ways of doing something that can be done in a more traditional
>> way ( the way double clicking is today on PCs) - then there is not
>> access problem (in almost all cases)
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>> /gregg/
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>>> On May 19, 2016, at 11:28 AM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca
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>>> I've started up a WIKKI  for the new proposed SC and Guideline around
>>> device manipulation. I've included Pressure sensitivity in there and
>>> extended the definition of manipulation based on our discussion.
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>>> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/wiki/Guideline_2.6:_Make_it_easier_to_use_the_physical_features_of_the_phone.#Proposed_Guideline_2.6
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