FW: Question for SC 2.5.4 Concurrent Input Mechanisms

See a response from Patrick, please also check if the mail also comes from the public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org emailaddress as I may be blocked... ?!

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From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk] 
Sent: vrijdag 16 februari 2018 10:00
To: Abma, J.D. (Jake) <Jake.Abma@ing.nl>; 'stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com' <stephen.j.repsher@boeing.com>
Subject: Re: Question for SC 2.5.4 Concurrent Input Mechanisms

I was never a fan of that exception. It didn't originally come from me (but can't remember who insisted on it, sadly), and I've been struggling to think of a proper scenario where it would really apply.

I asked about this on multiple occasions back in October last year, but don't think anybody in the group managed to come up with a solid scenario. Even the signature one, to me, is a red herring - why would web content explicitly restrict input mechanisms? To only allow signing using a touchscreen rather than a mouse? It should make no difference to any security aspect (because, frankly, signing with a finger on a touchscreen is usually just as bad as doing it with a mouse...both don't really bear much resemblance to a real signature with a pen on paper).

At a stretch, the signing scenario could be drafted as something like:

- a web application contains a field for the user to provide a signature
- because using a mouse, or finger on a touchscreen, usually results in something that is only vaguely reminiscent of a user's real signature, the web content restricts use of that field only to pen/stylus devices (as their fidelity is high enough to allow the user to approximate their
signature)
- note: in this case, of course, the web application must provide alternative ways for the user to sign (not least in order to satisfy
2.1.1 Keyboard), in case they have no pen/stylus device, their touchscreen device can't differentiate between a stylus or finger, or they're simply keyboard users.

P
p.s.: i signed myself up to creating the techniques for this (but I lack the time to actually attend our weekly calls due to scheduling). Unless I hear otherwise, I'll get cracking on those.


On 16/02/2018 08:17, Abma, J.D. (Jake) wrote:
> Hi Patrick / Steve,
> 
> Yesterday in the MATF call we've discussed SC 2.5.4 Concurrent Input 
> Mechanisms.
> 
> As I've been writing parts of the Understanding doc, and would like to 
> add more examples, we were wondering what we could do with the 
> "required to ensure the security of the content".
> 
> The only thing we could think of was the exception for a signature 
> where you'll probably need a touch or pointer device. We thought you 
> could help me a bit on my way to add a Security Exception example as 
> you've been actively involved in this CS.
> 
> https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#concurrent-input-mechanisms

> 
> Also attached the current Understanding in Doc format.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Jake
> 
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