On 01/12/10 5:18 AM, James Teh wrote: > On 1/12/2010 2:51 AM, David Bolter wrote: >> More and more I see a need for accessibility solutions to rely less on >> roles. We see some pretty interesting UI on the web, and the kinds of >> assumptions that could historically be made on the desktop, can no >> longer be made. I think we need to be able to describe UI more flexibly, >> ideally to be able to describe anything that innovators concoct. > This might be partially true, but it's also an excuse for bad design. > Far too often, these situations would be better served by creating > multiple related objects. For example, I'm not really sure i agree with > the idea of checkable table cells. These could just as well be treated > as a checkbox within a table cell. >
There are exceptions but in general, I would rather enhance API than create multiple accessible objects for a single widget. I'm interested to hear what others think. I think it is important to discuss this, especially before ARIA.next design begins. Cheers, David _______________________________________________ Accessibility-ia2 mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-ia2
