Re: Do icons fall under - 1.3.3 question for shapes/icons alone that are used everywhere now but were not back in 2008

On 21/04/2016 21:20, White, Jason J wrote:
> Are you envisaging that the mechanism would be implemented by a
> script in the content rather than in the user agent? If so, then
> having techniques for visually disclosing text alternatives in a
> touch screen user interface could indeed be valuable. If it should
> instead be implemented at the user agent level then it's outside the
> scope of this working group, though it would of course simplify the
> task for content authors, since providing the text alternative via
> standard HTML or SVG elements would be enough to make it visually
> available to users who request it (using a hover state in the case of
> a pointing device, or using whatever convention is arrived at for
> touch screen devices).

My preference would initially be something relating to UAAG, but as the 
likelihood of UAs implementing something so arguably niche is small, a 
script-based technique could work.

> I thought there might already be a touch counterpart to hover, in
> which case it could readily be used for this purpose.

There isn't (with a few minor exceptions, such as certain stylus 
implementations on certain devices, like the Galaxy Note II)

P
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