Re: Open Issue #102

Hi

If there is nothing on the page that is visible (or audio) to anyone — then there is no accessibility issue.

If there is a message that appears during the forward - and this is not accessible to AT - then it is an accessibility issue and is covered under  SC 1.1.1 


( PS     Failures are "documented common failures of SC”.   They don’t allow or forbid anything that is not allowed or forbidden by an SC.      If something is not a failure of an SC, it can’t be documented as a failure.   So failures cannot be used to extend or amend WCAG.     Their purpose was just to make it clearer that some things were failures when they commonly occur - or when they are commonly misunderstood.  )


> On Dec 1, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Mike Elledge <melledge@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone--
> 
> This is to seek your comments (toward consensus) for Issue #102 (https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/102).   
> 
> In summary, Issue #102 occurs when a browser prevents auto-redirection to a new page and doesn't provide an explanation, forwarding link or address to the user.
> 
> Point of view #1: It is a usability issue, and not specific to persons with disabilities, since everyone will have the same negative experience.
> 
> Point of view #2: It will affect PWD more significantly, so it is an accessibility issue. Mapping it to a guideline is a problem, however. Success criteria for the most relevant guideline (3.2--Predictable) are not relevant since receiving focus (SC 3.2.1) or changing a setting (SC 3.2.2) do not change context. A possibility is to add this as an Advisory Technique to 3.2 or make it a failure. 
> 
> Thoughts? Thanks!
> 
> Mike