Re: AGWG Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, May 28, 2019

On 28/05/2019 22:35, Detlev Fischer wrote:
> I read the minutes and the resolution:
> 
>  1. The WG intended that path-based gestures in 2.5.1 does not include
>     gestures that only depend on the start and end points.
>     <https://www.w3.org/2019/05/28-ag-minutes.html#resolution01>
> 
> I could not be on the call today to put in my -1. So it goes. I can live 
> with that resolution, but find it troublesome. My point remains that to 
> drag, you need to perform the MOTION of dragging, so you do not ONLY 
> depend on start and end point. As I said before, the exception from 
> 2.1.1 is ill-fitting as a reference because it was never meant to cover 
> operational path-based gestures. It now entitles authors to use control 
> sliders WITHOUT single point alternatives whenever dragging is not 
> strictly directional (which, narrowly interpreted, would be as soon as 
> your gesture veers outside a very narrow band - 5 px perhaps? 
> Technically, you would then pass.) I think we are failing users that 
> need single point activation on things like control sliders. But I am 
> aware that I am repeating myself and will shut up now.

So...do we need a new SC for WCAG 2.2 about single-pointer activation 
not involving any movement of the pointer whatsoever?

P
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