ATAG 2.0 - A.2.9 Checkpoint Review

Checkpoint text: Reword from:

A.2.9 For the authoring tool user interface, ensure previews emulate the 
accessible rendering features of target user agents. [Priority 2]

to:

A.2.9 For the authoring tool user interface, ensure previews are at 
least as accessible as browsers. [Priority 2]


Rationale: OK

Rationale: Preview features are provided in many authoring tools because 
the workflow of authors often includes periodically checking how content 
will appear to end users in a user agent. In order to enable authors 
with disabilities to follow the same workflow as other authors, they 
must have access to any preview features that exist.


Notes: Minor changes to Note 2.

Note 1: Authors, including those with disabilities, will not be 
well-served if preview features diverge too much from the actual 
functionality of available user agents. Therefore, preview features are 
exempted from necessarily having to meet all of the other requirements 
in Part A of this guidelines document, if they meet this checkpoint.

Note 2: It is understood that the accessibility of the content display 
of a preview will be negatively affected if the content being rendered 
is inaccessible or incomplete. For example, if markup tags are missing, 
a PREVIEWING USER AGENT may not render IT properly.


Success Criteria: Minor rewording to SC2

1. If a preview feature is provided, then a method of returning from the 
preview must be provided that meets all of the checkpoints in Part A.

2. If a preview FEATURE is provided, then it must meet at least one of 
the following:
(a) the preview makes use of an existing user agent (e.g. a third-party 
browser or browser control), or
(b) the preview meets all of the checkpoints in Part A.


TECHNIQUES: a few minor changes in CAPS

Techniques for SC1):

Applicability: This success criteria is applicable to authoring tools 
that have a preview function.

Technique A.2.9-1.1 [Sufficient]: Launching the preview in a new window 
that the author can close in a conventional fashion.

Technique A.2.9-1.2 [Sufficient]: Running the preview within the 
authoring tool user interface such that the author can easily escape 
from or stop the preview regardless of the state of the preview.


Techniques for Success Criteria 2 (If a preview is provided, then it 
must meet at least one of the following: (a) the preview makes use of an 
existing user agent (e.g. a third-party browser or browser control), or 
(b) the preview meets all of the checkpoints in Part A.):
Applicability: This success criteria is not applicable to authoring 
tools that lack a preview function.

Technique A.2.9-2.1 [Sufficient for (a)]: Allowing the author to locate 
a browser on the platform with which to perform the preview).

Technique A.2.9-2.2 [Sufficient for (a)]: For Web-based authoring tools, 
that are already running in a browser, use that browser to perform be 
the preview.

Technique A.2.9-2.3 [Advisory for (a)]: Allowing the author to save a 
list of user agents to save time.

Technique A.2.9-2.4 [Advisory for (a)]: Helping the author to find a 
user agent to perform the preview, by auto-scanning the system for known 
user agents.

Technique A.2.9-2.5 [Advisory for (a)]: Bundling user agent installer 
files or providing a list of download sites for appropriate user agents.

Technique A.2.9-2.6 [Sufficient for (b)]: Ensuring that the preview 
(content view and the rest of the user interface) meets all of the 
requirements of Part A that might apply to a browser (i.e. not A.2.5, 
A.2.6, A.2.9, A.3.2).

Technique A.2.9-2.7 [Sufficient for (b)]: Providing conformance tests to 
show that the preview feature has the same UAAG 1.0 conformance rating 
as the target browser DEL.

Technique A.2.9-2.8 [Advisory for (b)]: Documenting all of the 
accessibility features of the preview feature as compared to the 
emulated browser

Received on Wednesday, 31 May 2006 20:52:59 UTC