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Re: Thoughts towards an accessible <canvas>

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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: Mar 22, 2009 4:15AM

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>
> On Mar 19, 2009, at 8:34 AM, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
>
>>
>>> I propose that
>>> any instance of <canvas> that lacks at a minimum the 2 proposed
>>> mandatory
>>> values be non-conformant and not render on screen. The inclusion of this
>>> information should not be left to chance - the specification requires
>>> that some fallback content exist - and if it does not exist then the
>>> <canvas> element is incomplete, thus it should simply fail all users...
>>
>> I think that this is a non-starter. As explained in a narrower
>> follow-up, the penalty to browsers who do this means that mainstream
>> browsers simply won't, in all probability.
>
> I agree with Chaals on this. We would likely not be willing to stop
> rendering existing <canvas> content in Safari.

Yes, all the more reason to ensure that the API is suitable /before/ it
leaves the stable so we are not facing a situation where we need to
retrofit the API for accessibility.

Josh

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