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Re: SC 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide - meaning of "starts automatically"

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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Mar 18, 2021 8:48AM

> If the SC applied to manually activated functions, it would prohibit video and other visual time-based media

I think video would be covered by the clause "unless the movement, blinking, or scrolling is part of an activity where it is essential".

> as well as requiring progress indicators that don't show that any progress is occurring.

You can show progress without continual movement, for instance by updating a textual percentage value. This doesn't convey a sense of motion which is what is meant by "moving, blinking and scrolling".

> You might then try to dream up some form of words where moving content is permitted as long as it is the objective of the manual operation rather than being a side effect.

Isn't that exactly what is stated in the clause "unless the movement, blinking, or scrolling is part of an activity where it is essential"?