Re: ISSUE-636 CTION-1398 Provide spec. text for aria-roledescription from James Craig on 2014-04-01 (public-pfwg@w3.org from April 2014)

From: James Craig <jcraig@apple.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:11:50 -0700
To: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
Cc: W3C WAI Protocols & Formats <public-pfwg@w3.org>
Message-id: <672CB47F-3A87-4F78-A5C8-58A10FDBA2D0@apple.com>

On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:51 PM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 1 April 2014 03:28, James Craig <jcraig@apple.com> wrote:
>> At least two platform APIs already support this feature: AX API as AXRoleDescription and MSAA/UIA as localizedControlType.
> 
> I believe there is a vast difference between the relatively controlled environment of browser implementations and allowing any author to effectively replace the limited set of roles with any string they like.

Perhaps you're misunderstanding. It's not limited to browser implementors. Any native app developer can use these custom role strings.

Received on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 17:12:22 UTC