Thread Subject: Re: More thoughts on 1194.21(g) (now 3.2-C User Preferences)
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From: Katie Haritos-Shea
Date: Tue, Jul 10 2007 1:25 PM
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The discussion of "other display attributes defined by the platform" centered around being sure to cover possible future tactile, aural and other sense (smell, etc) user selected setting.
Katie Haritos-Shea
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>How can we close on this?
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>Peter proposed:
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>July 6th draft: Applications must utilize user selected contrast and color
>selections and other individual display attributes when the availability of
>those selections are developed and documented according to industry
>standards.
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>Peter proposed: Applications shall utilize the user selected contrast and
>color selections and other individual display attributes defined by the
>platform they are running on.
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>Sean expressed concern that
>- "other display attributes defined by the platform" is too broad, and
>- applications should not be prevented from overriding system settings but
>rather should be required to have a mode that respects them
>
>Peter responded with an updated proposal:
>Applications shall have a mode that utilizes the user selected contrast and
>color selections and other individual display attributes defined by the
>platform they are running on.
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>And we have discussed in another thread including the visual vocus
>indicator in the list of display attributes.
>
>Maybe we should just delete "and other individual display attributes"? What
>else is there that is really critical for accessibility that we should add
>to the list? Font? Font size?
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>Next proposal: Applications shall have a mode that utilizes the platform
>user settings for contrast, color, font, font size, and cursor appearance.
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>Andi
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