| Title | Blinking text with blink element without a keyboard-accessible mechanism to stop it |
|---|---|
| Description | Document containing a product list using blink element to draw attention to sale prices. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (evlach@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-09-01 |
| Status | accepted by both validators |
Technologies are markup languages or data formats. If the technology is a markup language, “features” refers to elements and attributes.
Feature: blink
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
.
Technical specification: BLINK .
The test case is intended to fail as blink element causes a blink effect without a mechanism to stop the blinking at 3 seconds or less.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 9, column 50: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#keyboard-operation-all-funcs.
The blinking does not stop in less than 3 seconds, or does not provide a way to the user to stop it.
The blink element is a proprietary extension by Netscape and is not supported by Internet Explorer.
The test case fails the following success criterion at line 9, column 50: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#keyboard-operation-all-funcs.
The blinking does not stop in less than 3 seconds, or does not provide a way to the user to stop it.