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--S1BNGpv0yoYahz37 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable timeless <timeless@gmail.com>, 2007-11-07 22:38 +0200: > Personally, I hate accesskey. I understand that it was invented > because someone felt it would solve a problem, however I believe it > creates many more problems than it solves. I won't argue with any of that. But I will point out that accesskey markup is already widely used in a large number of sites. So if we want to the spec to describe how a conformant UA is expected to handle that existing content, then we need it spec'ed -- regardless of whatever new markup we might be able to come up with the replace/improve on accesskey. [...] > This isn't to say that I'm against accessibility, I just don't think > this feature makes sites more accessible. If each site picks different > bindings (and they do/will), it's worse than the web browser > automatically and consistently assigning bindings the user likes. I don't personally have much insight into how widely/appropriately used accesskey is for desktop accessibility use cases. What I do know is that it's very commonly used in sites that take into consideration the browsing context of access from a mobile device that has only a keypad and 5-way (or directional pad or whatever you want to call it) instead of a real keyboard and pointing device. For that context, accesskey definitely does make sites more usable and accessible. --Mike --=20 Michael(tm) Smith http://people.w3.org/mike/ http://sideshowbarker.net/ --S1BNGpv0yoYahz37 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 MIIIuQYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIIqjCCCKYCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAaCC BjAwggLpMIICUqADAgECAhA1E9p/Cwj4RLgAP4fIBOeTMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMGIxCzAJ BgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYD VQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQTAeFw0wNzAxMDQxMjEy MjVaFw0wODAxMDQxMjEyMjVaMFYxDjAMBgNVBAQTBVNtaXRoMRAwDgYDVQQqEwdNaWNoYWVs MRYwFAYDVQQDEw1NaWNoYWVsIFNtaXRoMRowGAYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFgttaWtlQHczLm9yZzCC ASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBAJeKoZ7Cw93HHRD1wDyaAacWhDf1oKIO rZu/FWIgGpIdNeDCQjLW3gq06su8ytRkalosdYvm6D+Sjww76ou7jHqhloMsyPY8PEE1ri3M Aq+fM8m/JDnSA4eJAEZO0k+HvCpv/T70hOFrde+iqC/xn+E7KUrAxtH9Jp7/Ml0PeAQWOKF5 ZETHJx5z6xEzmEpuPHs54MyIxcS/504ksvWgiOlNYiy1dXG9t/MVAungJXLMem6zCaJeci4C 9KL2uMdaTX9fh7zBLCNPIE2lo2ai2n6KJ0wUs166VSlENA8NCnKydPXC9oeZbpFB7nKN4gDK 4zqWm11QNLfZyQNaZ+rrCokCAwEAAaMoMCYwFgYDVR0RBA8wDYELbWlrZUB3My5vcmcwDAYD VR0TAQH/BAIwADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOBgQCVJfddiktLyYix29bacC062M9RjnJRlj6W r5Gi/9hmFDC8dCqgYDwsUbSnyWCgQAY55drYnk15lpxgiNwjUj6DA4pSAFYzv9fJ+76lHEiu CEKtk/wkHTIu9c2pZn3jIdQhGYJskQetYgYi1PiIl8Cq1sJhjPrVpAnQOEx02CHSEDCCAz8w ggKooAMCAQICAQ0wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwgdExCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMRUwEwYDVQQIEwxX ZXN0ZXJuIENhcGUxEjAQBgNVBAcTCUNhcGUgVG93bjEaMBgGA1UEChMRVGhhd3RlIENvbnN1 bHRpbmcxKDAmBgNVBAsTH0NlcnRpZmljYXRpb24gU2VydmljZXMgRGl2aXNpb24xJDAiBgNV BAMTG1RoYXd0ZSBQZXJzb25hbCBGcmVlbWFpbCBDQTErMCkGCSqGSIb3DQEJARYccGVyc29u YWwtZnJlZW1haWxAdGhhd3RlLmNvbTAeFw0wMzA3MTcwMDAwMDBaFw0xMzA3MTYyMzU5NTla MGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQu MSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQTCBnzANBgkq hkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEAxKY8VXNV+065yplaHmjAdQRwnd/p/6Me7L3N9VvyGna9 fww6YfK/Uc4B1OVQCjDXAmNaLIkVcI7dyfArhVqqP3FWy688Cwfn8R+RNiQqE88r1fOCdz0D viv+uxg+B79AgAJk16emu59l0cUqVIUPSAR/p7bRPGEEQB5kGXJgt/sCAwEAAaOBlDCBkTAS BgNVHRMBAf8ECDAGAQH/AgEAMEMGA1UdHwQ8MDowOKA2oDSGMmh0dHA6Ly9jcmwudGhhd3Rl LmNvbS9UaGF3dGVQZXJzb25hbEZyZWVtYWlsQ0EuY3JsMAsGA1UdDwQEAwIBBjApBgNVHREE IjAgpB4wHDEaMBgGA1UEAxMRUHJpdmF0ZUxhYmVsMi0xMzgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQADgYEA SIzRUIPqCy7MDaNmrGcPf6+svsIXoUOWlJ1/TCG4+DYfqi2fNi/A9BxQIJNwPP2t4WFiw9k6 GX6EsZkbAMUaC4J0niVQlGLH2ydxVyWN3amcOY6MIE9lX5Xa9/eH1sYITq726jTlEBpbNU13 41YheILcIRk13iSx0x1G/11fZU8xggJRMIICTQIBATB2MGIxCzAJBgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYD VQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYDVQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVy c29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQQIQNRPafwsI+ES4AD+HyATnkzAJBgUrDgMCGgUA oIGxMBgGCSqGSIb3DQEJAzELBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHAYJKoZIhvcNAQkFMQ8XDTA3MTEwNzIx MDkyMFowIwYJKoZIhvcNAQkEMRYEFJ16u0oWTbnpLwMiDIZu8bCyYNn8MFIGCSqGSIb3DQEJ DzFFMEMwCgYIKoZIhvcNAwcwDgYIKoZIhvcNAwICAgCAMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgFAMAcGBSsO AwIHMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgEoMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIIBADEPbT3/wQa1lzleVFhh5vWt BaYNlpOLZggeqDkxNzikXlmzW6qQc5oGV1+ccS6nJ5UFkEsvGU8zPTsX2C1DO0HTvz5zMvWF J6z8jBQY2N4jJzL/eWqU13Un3G+x11p+1FGQsJYid6Qjb7p6GNU2DoZfHrPgMNuBISN578Mx nxmVOzVA3RFG4ilIB/fmFK1Rhj+BvpSBzYVhpTgX7kveGtT9hiXciD4rrf/TSPqxlStNES6y rMVfUQ3fBF63zy0ykq46mZmd/QgOURy2kCSSM1tSL54Mxh36oJ05qN6Dj6A2Wz9039vzFMRj br0cGIj5LLfv1N52sqbXaUDeth8Pn9o= --S1BNGpv0yoYahz37--