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Bug 13489 - 2.2.1 Conformance Classes: Add supporting sentence to paragraph on visual user agents and default rendering to enhance concept that override of default rendering is acceptable for certain user experiences
Summary: 2.2.1 Conformance Classes: Add supporting sentence to paragraph on visual use...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Keywords: a11y, a11ytf
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Reported: 2011-08-01 02:33 UTC by Kelly Ford
Modified: 2011-08-11 22:02 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Description Kelly Ford 2011-08-01 02:33:18 UTC 
Current:

Section 2.2.1, Conformance Classes: Visual user agents that support the suggested default rendering 
User agents, whether interactive or not, may be designated (possibly as a user option) as supporting the suggested default rendering defined by this specification. User agents that are designated as supporting the suggested default rendering must implement the rules in the rendering section that that section defines as the behavior that user agents are expected to implement. 

Proposed:
Add the following sentence to the end of this paragraph.

A user agent or assistive technology may override the suggested default rendering (e.g. color, font-size, focus style) for the sake of accessibility, readability, or other personal preference.

Reasoning:
The first sentence of this section seems to imply that user agents can offer user preferences around default rendering. The proposed sentence simply emphasizes that point and gives some examples of why this may be desirable at times.
Comment 1 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:05:00 UTC 
mass-moved component to LC1
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-08-11 22:02:20 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments (thought with slightly different text — in particular font size preferences are these days expected to be addressed by a full-page zoom feature, which doesn't actually impact the default rendering rules).
Comment 3 contributor 2011-08-11 22:02:44 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r6425.
Check-in comment: Clarify that the default rules are just defaults. They're really just intended to provide a baseline for testing and for users with no particular accessibility needs or preferences.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6424&to=6425