- From: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 10:12:27 -0500
- To: Paul Adam <paul.adam@deque.com>
- Cc: Sailesh Panchang <sailesh.panchang@deque.com>, WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com>
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Most of WCAG was decided on before the 2006 draft, after that we were mostly word smithing. Cheers, David MacDonald *Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.* Tel: 613.235.4902 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> twitter.com/davidmacd GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> * Adapting the web to all users* * Including those with disabilities* If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 4:40 PM, Paul Adam <paul.adam@deque.com> wrote: > On 12/11/15, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca> wrote: > > I believe at the time not all browsers implemented the clickable label > behaviour... it would have been difficult to get consensus on, I think it > might still be difficult to get consensus... I'll vote for it... > > Cheers, > David MacDonald > > > When was the time it was originally voted on? 2008? From my research all > browsers supported clickable labels at that point in time. I remember that > Mobile Safari for iOS did not but that was a bug that Apple fixed. > > I’m not sure why it would have been difficult to get consensus on. > > http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/label > CompatibilityINTERNET EXPLORERFIREFOXSAFARIOPERACHROME5.56.07.08.01.01.5 > 2.03.03.51.32.03.14.09.29.510.02.0FullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullFullNone > NoneFullFullFullFullFullFull > > Every browser listed supports this element type. > > Safari 2 and earlier versions didn’t support the feature that allows users > to click on a label to focus on the associated form control, but > thankfully, this functionality was added in version 3. > > http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200711/use_the_label_element_to_make_your_html_forms_accessible/ > Posted on November 19, 2007 > > - People that can use a mouse but lack or have reduced fine motor > control will have problems targeting checkboxes and radio buttons (they are > really small). When checkboxes and radio buttons have properly associated > labels, the label text will also be clickable, thus making the target area > much larger and easier to hit. This obviously has usability benefits for > *all* users. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_version_history > Safari 2.0 was in 2005 > Safari 3.0 was in 2007 > > If you have concerns about this proposed consensus position that have > not > been discussed already and feel that those concerns result in you “not > > being > > able to live with” this position, please let the group know before the > > CfC > > deadline. > > > I can’t honestly “live with” this position that they are not required but > I don’t want to drag it out either. I am curious about the history of the > decision though. > > I appreciate that it will be in some future version of WCAG if it’s not > now! > > Thanks! > > Paul J. Adam > Accessibility Evangelist > www.deque.com > >
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