[Fwd: Re: Accessibility concerns (ODF pt 1, public review 1)]

[Malte Timmermann <Malte.Timmermann@Sun.COM>]

Hi Accessibility SC colleagues,

the last mail on our mailing list was in April - last year - so I
thought it might be a good time for writing something here ;)

Alex Brown has some concerns wrt wording in ODF specification and
accessibility.

I don't share his concerns, but maybe somebody here has a different
opinion about this (see below)?

Best,
Malte.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Accessibility concerns (ODF pt 1, public review 1)
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:38:24 +0200
From: Malte Timmermann <Malte.Timmermann@sun.com>
To: Alex Brown <alexb@griffinbrown.co.uk>,
office-comment@lists.oasis-open.org

Hi Alex,

I don't see an issue here:

Except via API access, there are two ways for the user to perform
actions: via Mouse, or via Keyboard.

If the user uses some special tools like AT, it results in something
like keyboard/mouse for the application:

When operating an onscreen keyboard via mouse, buttons or what ever, for
the application it's key input (only GOK might result in actions via API).

When using some eye tracking or other mouse replacements, for the
application it's mouse input.

But that's just my point of view.
I will bring this to the accessibility SC, and check if other people
think differently about this.

Best,
Malte.

Alex Brown wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> A lot of language in this specification mandates/assumes the use of a screen/keyboard/mouse based computing environment.
> 
> For example:
> 
> ----
> 19.267 form:default-button
> 
> The form:default-button attribute specifies whether a button is the default button on a form. If a user clicks the default button or presses Return while an input control is focused, the implementation takes the same action.
> ----
> 
> or
> 
> ----
> 19.276 form:focus-on-click
> 
> The form:focus-on-click attribute specifies if a <form:button> element is given the focus in a form when the form button control for that element is clicked with a mouse.
> ----
> 
> A thorough pass should be made of the text, generalising such language to ensure ODF does not privilege certain non-accessible computer environments.
> 
> - Alex.



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