- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:19:57 -0600
- To: "Becky Gibson" <Becky_Gibson@notesdev.ibm.com>, "WCAG " <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Beck asked: <blockquote> There is a proposed technique for SC 2.4.3 (More than one way is available to locate content within a set of delivery units where content is not the result of, or a step in, a process or task.) titled, Using frame elements to group blocks of repeated material AND Using the title attribute of the frame element. There is no content in the first technique. I am guessing that the intended technique is to use a frameset and frames to group different content on the page. For example, <frameset cols="20%, *"> <frame src="navigation.html" name="navbar" title="Navigation Bar"> <frame src="main.html" name="maincontent" title= "Main News Content" > </frameset> Thus, all of the navigation links are found within navigation.html and grouped within the frame. I wanted to check with the larger group that this was indeed a sufficient technique for 2.4.3 before investing the time to create the technique. Would this also be sufficient for 2.4.2 (A mechanism is available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple perceivable units.)? </blockquote> I was unable to attend the Team B call yesteday (7 March) so may have missed something, but I think this proposed technique was intended as a sufficient technique for what is now SC 2.4.2 (bypassing blocks of repeated material). That SC *used* to be 2.4.3. I *don't* think the proposed technique *is* sufficient for the SC more than one way is available to locate ... Etc., at least not just in combination with the title attribute of the frame element. But maybe I'm missing something? John "Good design is accessible design." Dr. John M. Slatin, Director Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, fax 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu Web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility -----Original Message----- From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Becky Gibson Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 3:28 PM To: WCAG Subject: Is using frames to group links a sufficient technique for 2.4.3? There is a proposed technique for SC 2.4.3 (More than one way is available to locate content within a set of delivery units where content is not the result of, or a step in, a process or task.) titled, Using frame elements to group blocks of repeated material AND Using the title attribute of the frame element. There is no content in the first technique. I am guessing that the intended technique is to use a frameset and frames to group different content on the page. For example, <frameset cols="20%, *"> <frame src="navigation.html" name="navbar" title="Navigation Bar"> <frame src="main.html" name="maincontent" title= "Main News Content" > </frameset> Thus, all of the navigation links are found within navigation.html and grouped within the frame. I wanted to check with the larger group that this was indeed a sufficient technique for 2.4.3 before investing the time to create the technique. Would this also be sufficient for 2.4.2 (A mechanism is available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple perceivable units.)? Thanks for your feedback. 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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