- From: Lori Oakley <lori.oakley@oracle.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 13:44:29 +0000
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, "WCAG 2.x issues list (public-wcag2-issues@w3.org)" <public-wcag2-issues@w3.org>
Good Morning/Evening, Here's some data that may help with this decision: https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/5o0yiO440LM/m/YGEJBsjUAwAJ?pli=1 Wikipedia: SMIL 3.0 SMIL 3.0 became a W3C Recommendation in December 2008.[5] It was first submitted as a W3C Working draft on December 21, 2006.[9] The last draft revision was released on October 6, 2008.[10][11] Lori Lori Oakley CX Sales and Service Accessibility Lead Accessibility Guidelines WCAG -----Original Message----- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 2:31 AM To: WCAG 2.x issues list (public-wcag2-issues@w3.org) <public-wcag2-issues@w3.org> Subject: [External] : SMIL techniques ... worth obsoleting? Following on from a conversation on an accessibility Slack today ... pondering if all the SMIL techniques https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/*smil__;Iw!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!I-W9uSf52GE4yobwh01CeK2IJgBgZ_suSOIBgGZKucxPqCQnu9TRveRsNUv9uBO8Mwc8bq71k5T-QH-IiXP5$ are still actually relevant? Are there actual media players for use in web content that use SMIL? I remember doing one piece of SMIL back in the early 2000s, and back then it only worked in QuickTime player (the standalone one, not any embedded version of it). Is there any modern-day use of SMIL that is relevant? I *think* the technology may still be supported in specialised environments like POS/kiosk/digital signage, but admittedly I'm not overly familiar with those, and wonder if for the average web developer it may not be better to just deprecate/obsolete/hide these techniques, as they're just causing more confusion (i.e. "ok, this technique points back to the SMIL spec...but how do I actually use it?") P -- Patrick H. Lauke * https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.splintered.co.uk/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!I-W9uSf52GE4yobwh01CeK2IJgBgZ_suSOIBgGZKucxPqCQnu9TRveRsNUv9uBO8Mwc8bq71k5T-QE4EsuFL$ * https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/patrickhlauke__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!I-W9uSf52GE4yobwh01CeK2IJgBgZ_suSOIBgGZKucxPqCQnu9TRveRsNUv9uBO8Mwc8bq71k5T-QO2qGHGf$ * https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flickr.com/photos/redux/__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!I-W9uSf52GE4yobwh01CeK2IJgBgZ_suSOIBgGZKucxPqCQnu9TRveRsNUv9uBO8Mwc8bq71k5T-QLuQmXLL$ * https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mastodon.social/@patrick_h_lauke__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!I-W9uSf52GE4yobwh01CeK2IJgBgZ_suSOIBgGZKucxPqCQnu9TRveRsNUv9uBO8Mwc8bq71k5T-QJnhLOAe$
Received on Tuesday, 3 September 2024 13:45:22 UTC