- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:42:32 +0100
- To: "Jonas Sicking" <jonas@sicking.cc>, "Dan Burnett" <dburnett@voxeo.com>
- Cc: "Michael Bodell" <mbodell@microsoft.com>, "www-dom@w3.org" <www-dom@w3.org>, "w3c-voice-wg@w3.org" <w3c-voice-wg@w3.org>
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:34:36 +0100, Dan Burnett <dburnett@voxeo.com> wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Jonas. I notice that while your arguments speak > strongly in favor of having an event named "click" with the semantics of > "device independent abstract event with the meaning of activation", I do > not see a single argument against *permitting* the existing synonym > called "DOMActivate". > > Interestingly, you say "The goal here has been one of accessibility" and > go on to imply that we wish to "reeducate everyone". If you'll notice, > our request was not to remove "click" nor to change anyone else's mind > about how to use it -- rather, our request was not to deprecate the use > of DOMActivate. If you are interested in accessibility and broad > adoption, what have you to fear from supporting both names? It is unneeded added complexity. When we can prevent that, we should. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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