- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 18:27:40 +1000 (EST)
- To: WAI UA group <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
- cc: w3c-wai-pf@w3.org
The discussion reproduced in part below comes from PF, but it seems that it is more of a UA issue - will user agents provide a media-type negotiation mechanism, particularly to third-party software such as plug-ins (for example a SMIL media player) and add-ons like Jaws and other Assistive technology, which may be re-rendering the content? Charles McCathieNevile > > Jason White [mailto:jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU] wrote: > > >2: Will the DOM provide a mechanism by which the user agent can be > > >notified by an external application of which media types are in effect, so > > >that the user agent can process the style sheets and/or style rules within > > >a single style sheet, which are specifically applicable to that media > > >type? And Chris Wilson said: > > Hmm. This is not within the current scope; in fact, the DOM > > does not actually cover any of the "UA properties" (e.g., the > > 'window' object in current browsers) at all. Again, if this is > > a requirement, has it been sent to the DOM WG? Al Gilman followed up with: > It's something we are interested in. We need to understand > possibilities, problems and alternatives before firming either of > these up as a requirement. On the second point please check out > > Linkname: WAI-PF DOM focus > http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/DOM/ > > Linkname: DOM: modeling the environment > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-wai-pf/1998JulSep/0019.html
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