- From: Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:39:00 +0100
- To: Al Gilman <Alfred.S.Gilman@IEEE.org>
- Cc: Chris Blouch <cblouch@aol.com>, wai-xtech@w3.org, Colin McMillen <mcmillen@cs.cmu.edu>
> With a few exceptions the accessible widget models seem to follow a pattern where you tab to the widget, use other keys to navigate >within the widget (arrows, space etc) and a second tab takes you out of the widget. Is this the generally accepted practice we want to >promote? Seems to align well with the GUI pattern of select an object, manipulate it and then release it. > > That is the proposed practice that the WAI-ARIA design is predicated on. I think that kind of model is fine, even desirable. I guess many users expect that kind of behaviour, whether or not they find it. > That does not necessarily equate to "generally accepted." It's an > innovation on the Web. And I would say that it is a step in the right direction if that is so. > I don't yet know if Josh had read my post and > rejected it, or was simply saying 'amen' to the message I replied to, > without having considered this alternative. I am not sure myself what I am saying amen to Al, beyond keyboard accessible - yes. Easy disaster recovery if all goes wrong - yes. Intuitive interface with negligible load on the user - yes. Josh
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