Changes between 11 June 1999 and 9 July 1999 User Agent Guidelines Revisions

Guidelines changes

Reference documents:

The document also takes into account many of the editorial changes suggested by Harvey Bingham.

New Guideline: Keyboard access (Guideline 2). Constructed from existing checkpoints.

2.2, 2.3 - documentation of keyboard config. Now priority 1 as per 30 June teleconference.
2.5 - turn on/off author-specified keyboard configs. Added after 23 June teleconference.
2.7 - default keyboard configuration. Added as per 7 July teleconference.
3.2 - document user agent functionalities. Added after 30 June teleconference.
4.1 - profile configuration. Added note about selecting from available profiles as per 7 July teleconference.
4.2 - configure visual layout of user interface controls. Added after 30 June teleconference.
5.13 Wording of checkpoint changed as per Harvey Bingham suggestion.
8.4 navigate active elements. This checkpoint combines former 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6. Refer to Proposal from Ian and following comments.
8.5 search for text content. Now includes alternative text content explicitly.
8.6 navigate document structure. Added after 30 June teleconference. Deleted document tree navigation at same time and moved to techniques.
8.7 - configuration of navigation. Formerly 2.4
9.10, 9.11, 9.16, and 9.17 now talk about link targets, not A element instances.
9.25 - software consistency. Added as per 7 July teleconference.
10.1 - provide information about document changes. No longer specific to script. Now priority 1. As per 30 June teleconference.
10.2 - configure notification of document changes. Added as per 30 June teleconference.
12.1, 12.2, and 12.3 now for all user agents. Decided at 23 June teleconference.

Definitions of Documents, Elements, and Attributes improved. Alternative content now clearly part of rendered content.

Last modified: Fri Jul 9 18:43:13 EDT 1999