- From: Lee Roberts <leeroberts@roserockdesign.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 11:07:28 -0500
- To: "'Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG'" <rscano@iwa-italy.org>, "'John M Slatin'" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>, "'WCAG List'" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
ContextHelp may be a good thing, but the WCAG as we have it now states that accessibility features must be supported in at least one prior version and in more than one AT on more than one platform. Just because Freedom Scientific gets the XHTML WG to add it will not make it a viable option for WCAG compliance. ContextHelp is the only useful propriety tag element or attribute that seems to have been well thought out. However, if we let software or AT developers to dictate the standards we will be in the same position we are currently with Netscape and Microsoft. History has shown that format does not work. Sincerely, Lee Roberts President/CEO Rose Rock Design, Inc. (405) 321-6372 http://www.roserockdesign.com -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:14 AM To: John M Slatin; WCAG List Cc: chris.hofstader@verizon.net Subject: Re: ContextHelp vs. Title... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John M Slatin" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu> To: "Roberto Scano - IWA/HWG" <rscano@iwa-italy.org>; "WCAG List" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org> Cc: <chris.hofstader@verizon.net> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: RE: ContextHelp vs. Title... This new "contexthelp" attribute is potentially very useful. Currently, though, it's a proprietary feature-- only JAWS recognizes it (and only JAWS 5.0 at that). I note that Freedom Scientific plans to propose adding the attribute to the XHTML spec; if that happens this will be a good thing! Roberto: Yes... it is interesting but: 1 - Shall Freedom Scientific let W3C to add to the future XHTML spec? 2 - What about the "old" HTML 4.xx / XHTML 1.x? 3 - What about the UAAG? One of the point of the W3C guidelines and also of the WCAG WG must be to give guidelines to web developers and software developers and not adapt the "proprietary guidelines"... this is IMHO...
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