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--jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@myrealbox.com>, 2008-01-27 23:02 +0000: [...] > The specification could include an explicit statement of the form "UAs > must ignore the accesskey=3D attribute", but any such statement would be > in the yet-to-be-written "Rendering" section. That statement would conflict with existing, long-standing requirements that a number of large mobile operators have published and that have been followed by the vendors providing compatible browsers for their services, as well as content providers wanting to deliver compatible content for customers of those operators using those services. And market realities will require that statement to be ignored by any browser vendor wanting to get their product preinstalled on handsets destined for use with carrier networks in Japan (and I think in other markets as well) and have it be compatible with user expectations of existing content. A browser that doesn't support accesskey is going to break/degrade the expected user experience of that content. So any browser that is looking to compete in the market with the existing browsers in Japan intended for use with that content would never be accepted or shipped by device makers targeting that market, nor by the mobile operators their devices are targeted/branded for -- if that browser is intended for the same use case as the core browsers already shipped on handsets here. And even if it were possible to convince the device makers and carriers, making accesskey non-conforming would push all the compatibility/content-migration costs onto the thousands of content providers who'd be forced to remove from all their existing content the numbered image markers they currently have in it to visually indicate accesskey associations. --Mike --=20 Michael(tm) Smith http://people.w3.org/mike/ http://sideshowbarker.net/ --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 MIIIuQYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIIqjCCCKYCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAaCC BjAwggLpMIICUqADAgECAhBdFwgAZc4B5Ol2lzmSVl4xMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBQUAMGIxCzAJ BgNVBAYTAlpBMSUwIwYDVQQKExxUaGF3dGUgQ29uc3VsdGluZyAoUHR5KSBMdGQuMSwwKgYD VQQDEyNUaGF3dGUgUGVyc29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQTAeFw0wODAxMDkwNjA0 NTVaFw0wOTAxMDgwNjA0NTVaMFYxDjAMBgNVBAQTBVNtaXRoMRAwDgYDVQQqEwdNaWNoYWVs MRYwFAYDVQQDEw1NaWNoYWVsIFNtaXRoMRowGAYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFgttaWtlQHczLm9yZzCC ASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBANGtwItgkmRxAVKby78mnX9+hFgkHVut tDlWvbhBg3TmGfe74PwfMAuHmhOf/OqqffMr7a4uwfhMUJYo2f05JZPjJdJaIo1sVHtrTDU2 D/g480FzxFEGqAMAYvEniy4vUKDD/HHcZuUtmzDHKoHIWmZu0O9moiEXa4CRrpi23Sdr64Bt KYMUKt+rjdQW999qvPXIM6BeanXKm/3Uh+JMk8czR1wL0qooMMeTAndr1+Z0OrUNjRXSvmTu RARmdHGe9b7bqUblsfEHqr22cK5YMZ5nrfPRITt/RUfg2lSrPKoVmgqZa4qOErFuxS2CQ40b 5XPv7IqylGQL/LUet0iGRgECAwEAAaMoMCYwFgYDVR0RBA8wDYELbWlrZUB3My5vcmcwDAYD VR0TAQH/BAIwADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOBgQAhVW69qYOxsmrAkY0LdS/MgsvFF+k+t+hE vh3qMUhmJ9yHhKOd+7kQtunbmwGXTAQv8itCvRQQq6rE9tcT0CkaZJeScsvu0soLUt1mmGv6 +CbJUfdah6OQcIqT1LmX+HgJ+pl6HW7+AXDC0jLi2MF7t3THyTMP9JrrhtIzF2T8ADCCAz8w 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 c29uYWwgRnJlZW1haWwgSXNzdWluZyBDQQIQXRcIAGXOAeTpdpc5klZeMTAJBgUrDgMCGgUA oIGxMBgGCSqGSIb3DQEJAzELBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHAYJKoZIhvcNAQkFMQ8XDTA4MDEyODEx NTYzNVowIwYJKoZIhvcNAQkEMRYEFIZf2EPRVPiGZnY+ghAt3dWnAu8UMFIGCSqGSIb3DQEJ DzFFMEMwCgYIKoZIhvcNAwcwDgYIKoZIhvcNAwICAgCAMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgFAMAcGBSsO AwIHMA0GCCqGSIb3DQMCAgEoMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUABIIBAANdgyLaBdBsTSjwCttfpWE4 LhqTcm4tRs/VOvKItfYIQJn96Wk1BRP2GRbQBJUcOgAMTtZN2vvVUmNfkjDMgQUpxPGyBPAl YJj3p0x3wQSUAbud6hNdxHPWZKDVabtB/eJ/sjEbkX9rpZ4+NGkt6dBRruwCYjlDPWZhIe1C XkwrCwckqn+YawAScSqtluKwDibM23bbjMD0AM+Cx1I8aXf1of1tGHf6kbWW3JVgpHiWmzOx J+usK+JfjNFz836fB5LpAUeD0qjRgAFRIMpPp5ubhOaJ0rS0y+P5/f8CEblTckhfyQu/1Ckn nOXFofQjxyMOg1onl9wFKl+tqvxUdtg= --jRHKVT23PllUwdXP--