- From: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:46:08 -0400
- To: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- CC: thatch@us.ibm.com, Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Charles McCathieNevile wrote: > > In the specific case of highlight and identify the selection, I think the > functional requirement is that the user can make sure that the selcted area > is identified in a way which is useful to them (within the limitations of the > User Agent's rendering methods). I agree. > Does that sound like an essential > requirement, and if so is there a way we can word it better? (If not, is it a > lower priority, or a poorly conceived idea? Or have I just got the cart by > the horse...) I think it should still be priority one. In particular if I am using the selection to identify content for rendering but I cannot tell where the selection is, I cannot access the content (refer to checkpoint 7.2). Here's a proposal for softening the wording from "control" to "adjust": Old: Allow the user to control selection highlighting (e.g., foreground and background color). New: Allow the user to adjust selection highlighting. Note: For example, if colors are used to distinguish the selection from the background, allow the user to set preferred highlight colors. If the selection is being rendered as audio, allow the user to adjust the audio presentation of the selection. ALSO: Proposed: We have combined selection and focus in other checkpoints. I propose we merge checkpoints 6.5 and 6.6 as numbered in [1]. - Ian [1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WAI-USERAGENT-19990809 -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814
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