- From: Michael Cooper <michaelc@watchfire.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 16:02:25 -0400
- To: "WAI GL (E-mail)" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Following Roberto's subject line formatting suggestion for now... The Techniques subgroup reviewed the requirement under WCAG 1.0 Checkpoint 10.4 [1] to provide default placeholder text for form controls. This is an "until user agents" one and the belief of the group is that it has expired - user agents for which this guideline was developed are no longer in common use. Conformance to this guideline also introduces design and technical problems. Therefore we propose that there be no technique (and therefore no Guideline) under WCAG 2.0 that requires default form text. This issue is sufficiently problematic for Web sites seeking WCAG 1.0 conformance that we also suggest that the group add an entry to the Errata for WCAG 1.0 [2] indicating that Checkpoint 10.4 is no longer relevant. Please indicate your vote on this. Michael [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/#tech-place-holders [2] http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WAI-WEBCONTENT-ERRATA Michael Cooper Accessibility Project Manager Watchfire 1 Hines Rd Kanata, ON K2K 3C7 Canada +1 613 599 3888 x4019 http://bobby.watchfire.com/
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