- From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 07:21:26 -0500
- To: Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>, MATF <public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org>, wai-eo-editors <wai-eo-editors@w3.org>
- CC: Kevin White <kevin@w3.org>
Hi Jonathan, A bit more clarification: In <http://w3c.github.io/wai-quick-start/designing.html#ensure-that-interactive-elements-are-easy-to-identify> the item in question is "touch-screen activation" and "Touch or click on link" -- that is, providing feedback that a link *is being activated* (rather than that it is activate-able (aka affordance). As Jeanne put it: "Is there a particular value in providing alternative styling for :active links in the mobile environment? That is, when the link is touched or clicked that there is a visible change in appearance." Best, ~Shawn On 7/10/2015 6:36 AM, Jonathan Avila wrote: >> I think that is an issue here -- that is, if we keep that guidance, >> we might need to clarify that it's not a requirement. > > Shawn, I assume the idea is that this would be WCAG advisory/best > practice technique bout could be a potential WCAG Mobile Extension > success criteria/requirement. We need to categories the techniques > are compiling based on survey results from the TF. We started this > process last year but did know an extension was possible at that > time. > >>> Here is the example from EO --the "Getting Started Tips", >>> specifically on "Ensure interactive elements are easy to >>> identify": >>> -http://w3c.github.io/wai-quick-start/designing.html#ensure-interactive-elements-are-easy-to-identify > >>> > After looking again at the link Jeanne sent -- it would appear that > this particular item is a separate best practice/advisory item that > we had also noted by the group. Discoverability -- that is does the > item appear to be interactive. That to me is a separate but related > concept of "does it look like something I can touch or click, etc." > > Jonathan > -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Question on Active state styling for links Resent-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:52:18 +0000 Resent-From: wai-eo-editors@w3.org Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:52:14 -0400 From: Jeanne Spellman <jeanne@w3.org> To: MATF <public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org> CC: Michael Cooper <cooper@w3.org>, Kevin White <kevin@w3.org>, wai-eo-editors <wai-eo-editors@w3.org> I received a question that originated with the EO working group where they would like an opinion from the Mobile Accessibility Task Force. Is there a particular value in providing alternative styling for :active links in the mobile environment? That is, when the link is touched or clicked that there is a visible change in appearance. An informal opinion from the WCAG WG is that WCAG doesn't address the need for alternative styling -- outside of issues of how it is styled, e.g. for color and contrast. Is there a particular value from the mobile perspective that merits creating a technique for this? Here is the example from EO --the "Getting Started Tips", specifically on "Ensure interactive elements are easy to identify": - http://w3c.github.io/wai-quick-start/designing.html#ensure-interactive-elements-are-easy-to-identify Thanks, jeanne
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