Thread Subject: Re: possible mouse-related standards,just to get started

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From: Barrett, Don
Date: Thu, Oct 19 2006 7:40 PM

"Another issue that comes up regarding 1194.21N is keyboard
"access to dynamically changing text in software applications.
"For example, the cpu monitor in Windows. Text such as this
"that is dynamically changing but is static text is often not
"accessible via the keyboard. In software we don't have the
"benefit of a virtual cursor (except for the JAWS/WE cursor,
"which may be dead soon when new versions of Windows move away
"from an OSM.

I would think this would already be covered by standards D Interface
Elements, and F Textual Information. These standards cover output of
which the CPU Monitor is one, while standard A covers user activity such
as input, navigation, activation, etc.

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