Re: if auto-redirect despite WCAG but UA blocks, tell user where to go

Nick,
To make this response completely official, the link to the WCAG WG response is here: https://github.com/w3c/wcag/issues/102#issuecomment-161801841

Thanks,
AWK
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Group Product Manager, Accessibility
Adobe
akirkpat@adobe.com
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http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility

From: Mike Elledge <melledge@yahoo.com<mailto:melledge@yahoo.com>>
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Date: Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 11:35
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Subject: Re: if auto-redirect despite WCAG but UA blocks, tell user where to go
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Resent-Date: Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 11:38
Hi Nick--
Thank you for your comment. Our consensus is that although it is a usability problem, it is not accessibility-specific so shouldn't be added to the WCAG 2.0 guidelines. Our reasoning is that it would have a negative impact on all users, and not just persons with disabilities.
Best regards,
Mike Elledge
WCAG Working Group