RE: New SC relating to notifications of content change (was Re: Some thinking around the orientation discussion)



>-----Original Message-----
>From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk]
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>- changes to content elsewhere on the page as a direct result of user
>interaction with a particular control/interface (e.g. ticking a checkbox in a
>"filter search results" form, and having results in a different part of the page
>dynamically update as a result); basically, a confirmation that the action the
>user just performed had some sort of effect
>
>- fundamental changes to the structure, order of content or functionality of a
>page (which would disorient a non-sighted user who may have built up a
>mental model of the page's structure). admittedly, this is vague.

Indeed it is vague, but it's also developing in the right direction.

I think SC 4.1.2 is narrower than it should be due to the definition of "user interface components". Nevertheless, the requirement to provide notification of changes to assistive technologies is not restricted to the component which currently has focus; updates elsewhere in the content also qualify.


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Received on Friday, 6 May 2016 16:00:15 UTC