- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@staff.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:25:43 -0700
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
I think the new checkpoint could be used to replace the current checkpoint on access to form control labels. Jon At 11:17 AM 9/22/99 -0400, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Hello, > >As per my action item of [1], here's a proposed NEW checkpoint >about form orientation based on Gregory Rosmaita's original proposal >[2]. >(It resembles checkpoint 9.6 of [3], for links). > >Provide information about the structure and navigation mechanisms >specified for a form. [Priority 2]. > For instance, provide information about controls with explicitly > associated labels, about which keys activate the form controls, > about the serial navigation order of the form controls, and > about control groups (e.g., in HTML specified with the FIELDSET > and OPTGROUP elements). > >We should also include cross-references about device-independent >activation and navigation. > >Since checkpoint 9.10 deals with labels, it could be subsumed >by this proposed checkpoint. Checkpoint 9.10 reads: > > Provide the user with access to any label explicitly > associated with a form control. [Priority 2] > > - Ian > > >[1] >http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/1999/09/wai-ua-telecon-19990915.html#minutes >[2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-ua/1999JulSep/0127.html >[3] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WAI-USERAGENT-19990827 >-- >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs >Tel/Fax: +1 212 684-1814 >Cell: +1 917 450-8783 Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Chair, W3C WAI User Agent Working Group Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign 1207 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 Voice: 217-244-5870 Fax: 217-333-0248 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund http://www.w3.org/wai/ua http://www.als.uiuc.edu/InfoTechAccess
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