- From: <Becky_Gibson@notesdev.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:51:10 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Wendy responded to my questions about how to define non-text content. <wendy> Do you feel that covers the issues you raised? If not, can you think of another way to define non-text content that would cover them? Or, do you think we should leave widgets out of Guideline 1.1 all together? If so, can you propose an alternative criterion? </wendy> I think that part of my problem is still understanding "non-text" content. I gave three examples, google suggests, a calendar popup widget and form that hides and show additional form fields based on a previous user selection. While all of these examples use JavaScript and might be defined as widgets, I think only the calendar widget might be classified as non- text. But, it does use unicode to display the calendar so technically it could be thought of as text content. So, I think we should leave widgets out of guideline 1.1. Because I don't think you can always provide a textual alternative. For example, I don't think that including a label that identifies the google suggests widget is providing a text alternative - it is just properly labeling the control. I think that would be covered under the spirit of Principle 3 - Content and controls must be understandable, but I can't map it directly to a particular guideline or success criteria. With many JavaScript widgets, if your baseline does not include JavaScript then you will likely have to provide more than just a text alternative. It is possible the site will have to have additional links and pages that are invoked when JavaScript is not present. I think that goes beyond providing a text alternative. I'm sorry, I don't have a new proposal - I am just thinking out loud. Hopefully someone can clear up my confusion! -becky Becky Gibson Web Accessibility Architect IBM Emerging Internet Technologies 5 Technology Park Drive Westford, MA 01886 Voice: 978 399-6101; t/l 333-6101 Email: gibsonb@us.ibm.com
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