- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:29:15 -0400
- To: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
- CC: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Jonathan Chetwynd wrote: > > Should authors use scripts to capture events and create device independent > code, or will this interfere and duplicate UA guidelines? Is there a problem > here? I don't believe there's a conflict here, but I will have to think about it more. In the "default" mode, focus and mouse events are conventionally independent, so the author's redundancy shouldn't pose a problem. In the enhanced mode required by the UAAG 1.0 -- keyboard access even to mouse handlers -- nothing suggests that an implementation would necessarily trigger a handler twice unless on explicit user request. - Ian > replies will be used in the following document: > Script Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 > http://www.learningdifficulty.org/develop/w3c-scripts.html#onfocus > this is currently a non-wcag draft > > Jim lye wrote to GL: > ....I'm concerned with the confusion and incompatibility this could bring, > in > the WAI User Agent guidelines, the onmouseover etc. events must be made > available to keyboard users, therefore, if you duplicate focus and > mouseover - you have the situation where users will see two actions, > which could confuse, or equally cause scripting problems. > > Please excuse cross posting I've not had a response yet from GL. > and thanks. > > jonathan chetwynd > IT teacher (LDD) > j.chetwynd@btinternet.com > http://www.peepo.com "The first and still the best picture directory > on the web" -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 718 260-9447
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