RE: Concurrent Input Mechanisms



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick H. Lauke [mailto:redux@splintered.co.uk]
> Classic example: a page sniffs to see if Touch Events are present, and if so only
> hooks up touch event listeners (rather than traditional mouse, keyboard, generic
> `click` handlers, etc).
>
> This falls apart on devices like laptops/desktops with both touchscreen AND
> traditional keyboard/mouse (e.g. Surface), and in situations where a nominally
> touch-only device like a phone or tablet has a paired keyboard and/or mouse.
>
> The impact is that users are forced to just use the touchscreen. The fact that the
> keyboard in these situations doesn't work can be filed as a failure of 2.1.1, but
> forcing mouse users to use touchscreen falls between the cracks of current
> WCAG at the moment. This would hopefully fill that gap.

[Jason] I think this is a good case, and if it and other such examples (with their accessibility drawbacks) are documented, they can constitute a rationale for the proposal.


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Received on Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:39:42 UTC