- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 12:18:36 -0500
- To: "Steven Pemberton" <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>, <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
>Checkpoints 6.1 to 6.4 DOM >As these sections stand it reads as if a UA is *required to* support DOM, >not "if the document has an API, that API should be/include DOM". We do not >understand the requirement that forces a UA to include a scripting interface >if it is to be even level A compliant, but maybe this is just a lack of >clarity of the text. JRG: The dom is required for communication of document information to Assistive Technologies. >Guideline 9: Navigation. If you are looking at a frameset, and only one >frame has a scroll bar, you shouldn't need to have to select that frame in >order to do a [page down]. So it would be good to have a checkpoint that >says that if an action is obvious/unambiguous in the context, it should not >be necessary to have to select the only viewport to which it could apply. > >End of comments > >Best wishes, > >Steven Pemberton >For HTML WG Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services MC-574 College of Applied Life Studies 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 WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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