- From: Derek Featherstone <feather@wats.ca>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 12:07:15 -0400
Henri Sivonen <mailto:hsivonen at iki.fi> wrote: > (But as far as HTML goes, I'm inclined to think > author-specified access keys are a misfeature.) I agree completely, Henri. I know we aren't talking about XHTML 2.0 here, but I think the mechanism they've proposed in the latest working draft is much more useful and beneficial to the people that actually need to establish these keyboard shortcuts. Having said that, it is my understanding that HTML 5 (or whatever comes from this) will need to backwards compatible - is that correct? I've written a lot on accesskeys (not sure if you've seen some of these resources before, and I've only recently joined up on this list, so I'll point to them. My most recent on accesskeys is "The Future of Accesskeys" http://www.wats.ca/articles/thefutureofaccesskeys/66 Again -- as I indicated, I know we aren't talking about XHTML 2 here, but I really like their strategy. Is there anyway we might consider a scheme like similar to what they have proposed? Or would it take too many changes to user agents to be viable? (If you want to see our other articles/thoughts/opinions on acceskeys, you can find them at http://www.wats.ca/articles/accesskeys ) Looking forward to contributing! Best regards, Derek. -- Derek Featherstone feather at wats.ca phone: 613.599.9784; toll-free: 1.866.932.4878 (North America) Web Accessibility: http://www.wats.ca Web Development: http://www.furtherahead.com Personal: http://www.boxofchocolates.ca
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