- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:22:20 -0600
- To: Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
I support these changes. Jon At 08:05 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, Ian Jacobs wrote: >Hello, > >In the 23 March draft [1], checkpoints 9.3, 9.5, and 9.6 are >about "device-independent activation of event-handlers". The >checkpoints state, for example, that the user agent must >"allow the user to activate any explicitly associated event >handler though keyboard alone". > >I am concerned that since the conformance model says, in effect, >that "you don't have to do things related to the pointing >device unless you claim conformance for the pointing device", >that the verbiage "any event handler" may not be strong enough. >I think we need to clarify that for checkpoints 9.3, 9.5, and >9.6 that we really do mean "any" event handler, even if the >user agent only conforms for the keyboard. These checkpoints >are "only for the keyboard" (in the default conformance scenario) >in that we only require activation through the keyboard. > >Proposal: > >1) (Based on Jon Gunderson comment) Move checkpoints 9.3, 9.5, > and 9.6 to Guideline 1 since they are about device-independence. > I hesitate to move them out of context since 9.1-9.7 make sense > as a group. But moving three of seven seems ok to me. > >2) Add the following Note to one or more of the checkpoints: > > Note: "Any event handler" includes handlers for input > devices for which the user agent does not conform. For > example, the user agent must allow the user to use > the keyboard to activate an event handler for the pointing > device, even if the user agent does not conform for the > pointing device. > >Comment: > > - I don't think this reasoning applies checkpoints that are > not explicitly about device independence. For instance, > checkpoint 7.4 (follow operating environment conventions > to indicate the input configuration) does not, in my opinion, > require the same type of clarification. The user agent only > has to satisfy it for the keyboard when conforming only for > the keyboard. > > > - Ian > >[1] http://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/WD-UAAG10-20010323/ >-- >Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs >Tel: +1 831 457-2842 >Cell: +1 917 450-8783 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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