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Comment LC-1450: Comment Shortname:; Commenter: David MacDonald <Befree@magma.ca>; Message-id:; Section of the document concerned:

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Why is F36 Example 2 a deprecated example.

"Failure Example 2:
This is a deprecated example that submits a form when the user selects an option from the menu."

I think it is still an issue and it us used all the time.

We could also add to it that Blind users and users with hand tremors can easily make a mistake on which item on the dropdown menu to choose and they are taken to the wrong destination before they can correct it.

Therefore the technique can also be linked from 2.5.1. I think. Because it would also be a failure to that technique.; Related issues: (space separated ids); WG Notes: [TEAMC] While an input failure could cause a person to find themselves navigating to the wrong page, the use of auto-submit combo boxes doesn't strike me as directly related to input errors. But it does make sense to point out that input errors are a further reason that we recommend against this practice. Discussed in the 18 January 2007 telecon: RESOLUTION: Accept Issue 1450 as amended http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2007/01/18-wai-wcag-minutes.html [partial accept] For F36, Example 2: DONE remove "deprecated" from the introduction to the example - it's not deprecated, but a practice that we never endorsed. DONE add to the introduction of the example "Blind users and users with hand tremors can easily make a mistake on which item on the dropdown menu to choose and they are taken to the wrong destination before they can correct it.". DONE (comment from GV) Need to add the ending to actually fail the SC - Should be "Failure Example 2: This is a example that submits a form when the user selects an option from the menu [when there is no warning of this behavior in advance]." Internal WD updated 22 March 2007. Response: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-comments-wcag20/2007Jun/0051.html; Resolution: The term "deprecated" has been removed, as it is indeed a practice never endorsed by the WCAG WG and is not actually deprecated. We did not add the technique F36 to SC 2.5.1 because the issue is orthogonal, but we did add introductory text to the example to indicate that navigation to the wrong location is a frequent effect of this practice.; (Please make sure the resolution is adapted for public consumption)