- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 10:35:10 +0200
- To: "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@annevk.nl>
- Cc: "Dimitri Glazkov" <dglazkov@chromium.org>, "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch>, "Rafael Weinstein" <rafaelw@google.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Tue, 08 May 2012 10:11:03 +0200, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl> wrote: > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Charles McCathieNevile > <chaals@opera.com> wrote: >> There will certainly be people who don't care about accessibility and >> don't do anything at all (just as there are for simple things like alt >> attributes), and others who care but get it wrong, but aligning with the >> common model for those who care and are trying to get it right strikes >> me as a big benefit. > > I don't think that's really the argument. I do. It's about paving cowpaths or inventing new wheels. > The argument is about whether the long tail is going to be accessible > (even if only a little bit) or not at all. Sure. (To be pedantic, I would suggest it is more specifically about the most efficient way to achieve the highest level of overall accessibility - and frankly I think even that is a simplistic explanation because even in the long tail some content matters more than other content). > That is, do we get > > <select is=restricted-color-picker><option value=Red><option > value=Blue></select> > > styled as a restricted color picker or > > <restricted-color-picker options="red blue"/> > > styled as a restricted color picker but with no fallback semantics > whatsoever. This is a false dichotomy. The common pattern for doing this today would be to use aria. There are various other methods, too - what makes <rcp opt="r,b"> <select> <option value="red"> <option value="blue"> </select> </rcp> unworkable? Is there any reason to believe that ARIA will not work when it is used? Since I assume there isn't, Two competing mechanisms to do the same thing introduces a complexity for people trying to learn the right way, and the likelihood that they will mix syntax from each and get it wrong. cheers -- Charles 'chaals' McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg kan noen norsk http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.com
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