Re: 2.4.7 Focus Visible

We both know that the lowest standard often becomes the standard. Thus by
setting the bar extremely low, to the point of being a worse UX for
visually impaired users, it follows that the WCAG is encouraging the
obliteration of focus-visible behaviour. Something you even said yourself
was a hard fight to win. So on winning the fight for focus-visible, you set
a standard that tells developers that they can ignore it and still get AA
accreditation???

What is interesting about my position? That I want visual impaired users to
actually be able to see what they have clicked? That I want focus-visible
to work if they set it to show focus on click. I am not sure that is
particularly interesting.

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 8:25 PM Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 11/07/2023 20:15, Michael Livesey wrote:
>
> > Thus it follows that the WCAG wording in 2.4.7 actually encourages a
> > worse UX for a accessible users than either focus or focus-visible, the
> > browser default behaviour.
>
> WCAG does not encourage anything of the sort. WCAG sets a baseline
> lowest limit of what sites must do in order to comply.
>
> If you're concerned that WCAG's baseline is too low and should be
> raised, then I suggest you propose a new, stricter Success Criterion,
> and get that approved by both the working group and the various
> stakeholders involved in ratifying WCAG.
>
> > Your position is very interesting, Patrick.
>
> And so is yours, Michael.
>
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