RE: [WCAG2ICT] Minutes for the 16 May meeting

Happy GAAD everyone, apologies that I had to miss the meeting.

From the minutes:

"Chuck: Shadi is placing emphasis on password managers. AGWG uses password managers as an example, but not definitive."

The Understanding 3.3.8<https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/accessible-authentication-minimum.html#auth-approaches> page is pretty definite about the assumption of password managers:

"Web sites can employ username (or email) and password inputs as an authentication method if the author enables the user agent (browsers and third-party password managers) to fill in the fields automatically. Generally, if the login form meets Success Criterion 1.3.5 Input Purpose, and the form controls have an appropriate accessible name in accordance with Success Criterion 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value, the user agent should be able to reliably recognize the fields and automatically fill them in. However, if the user agent is actively blocked from filling in the fields (for instance, by a script), then the page would not pass this criterion because it prevents the mechanism from working."

That is, it assumes correct coding will automatically meet the requirement (with the help of assumed password managers). This assumption does not apply to software (without any active blocking by the content author).

Regards,
  Shadi

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Shadi Abou-Zahra
Amazon Devices and Services
Principal Accessibility Standards and Policy Manager
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Hi all,

Super productive meeting today!  Thanks to everyone for helping us make those final content decisions.  Here's a link to the minutes: https://www.w3.org/2024/05/16-wcag2ict-minutes.html

Best regards,

Mary Jo Mueller
IBM Accessibility Standards Program Manager



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