- From: Jon Hanna <jon@spin.ie>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 16:53:57 +0100
- To: "W3c-Wai-Ig" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Although I see your point, I must say that in this context I can't really > see the problem with some degree of unification or how that would conflict > with your 'pluggable' approach. That is different to what was suggested though. If I could code something to react to MAPPING_STANDARD_COPY and then let another layer handle the binding between that and Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Ins, or both (both together being the convention on Windows) or something else then that would be a sensible coding standard that wouldn't impose itself on users, but rather assist them. There are still some problems though. Consider a mapping for "follow this link in a new window". That mapping couldn't have existed before the release of NN2, but is common enough now in browsers and other HTML-based applications that it would be worth having a standard mapping for. Other fields within computing would have similar needs arising at a rapid speed. There can also be confusion as to how similar two concepts have to be before they should use the same binding. The program I spend most of my time working on has a text-editor with semantic mark-up. Should I use "b" (bold) or "i" (italic) for as a shortcut for emphasise? (In the end I decided to use "m" to deliberately avoid any link between emphasis and presentational features).
Received on Monday, 29 July 2002 11:53:29 UTC