Sorry, about the date. It is September 1, which is the first Wednesday in 
September. Developer meetings usually happen every Wednesday and usually in 
connect. However for this meeting I think you are right, we should try to use a 
different system. Maybe we could try to setup a skype conference call or 
something. 

Thanks
Justin
On 2010-08-26, at 2:10 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:

> Good afternoon,
> 
> Which Wednesday in Sep?
> 
> Also, I tweeted for standards on inline edit.  The only response was from 
> Steve Faulkner who refered me to the Fluid inline edit :) So, we might be 
> leading the standardization of inline edit accessibility here.
> 
> Will this be over Connect?  Because it is a bit inconvenient to participate 
> in a conversation where others can talk and I can only type in the IRC 
> channel.
> 
> THanks,
> Everett Zufelt
> http://zufelt.ca
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On 2010-08-26, at 2:03 PM, Justin Obara wrote:
> 
>> At the next developer meeting, Wednesday Sept at 2pm, I think it would be a 
>> good idea to talk about these and any other a11y issues that come up on this 
>> thread. 
>> 
>> Does that time work for everyone, or should we schedule a specific meeting 
>> another time.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Justin
>> 
>> On 2010-08-24, at 4:11 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2010-08-24, at 3:53 PM, Justin Obara wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Everett,
>>>> 
>>>> This is an interesting topic, I think some of the designers might also 
>>>> have some thoughts on the interaction too. I'll add some comments in 
>>>> below. 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Justin
>>>> 
>>>> On 2010-08-24, at 1:10 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> So, instead using the ARIA button role, can we just provide a text link 
>>>>> (invisible) before the item with the text "Edit" or something more 
>>>>> meaningful "Activate edit mode".
>>>> 
>>>> In this case, would you then not focus on the inline editable element 
>>>> itself to access it. I think this maybe confusing to some users. But I'm 
>>>> not sure I'm understanding it correctly.
>>> 
>>> I suppose this would be like a "isEditable" link, which sadly isn't in the 
>>> current xhtml / ARIA API.  But, essentially what we are looking for here is 
>>> a method of clearly identifying that the text can be toggled into a mode in 
>>> which it can be edited.  E.g.
>>> 
>>> <p>
>>>   <a href="#" class="element-invisible">Click to edit following 
>>> text</a>Some paragraph text here
>>> </p>
>>> 
>>> You could still have the functionality bound to the click or enter on the 
>>> paragraph, and on the anchor as well.
>>> 
>>> Benefit:
>>> 
>>> Screen-readers don't hear "button" at the end of each segment of text that 
>>> is clearly not a button.
>>> 
>>> Drawbacks:
>>> Sighted keyboard only, and screen-reader, users have one extra tabstop.
>>> 
>>> Clearly the problem here is that we are trying 1. to create behavior that 
>>> no web standard considers native to a web app. and 2. Trying to provide a 
>>> textual affordance where the visual affordance is only present on the users 
>>> prompting.  This means that there will be more everpresent textual 
>>> affordances as there is no clear way to make the affordance only available 
>>> upon the users request.
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alternatively, can we make the item a same page link (a link seems more 
>>>>> intuitive to me than a button for some reason.
>>>> 
>>>> I suppose this should be doable, although we try not to prescribe the 
>>>> markup if possible.
>>> 
>>> And now that I go back to look at the option I really feel more strongly 
>>> for my first suggestion.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Everett Zufelt
>>>>> http://zufelt.ca
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2010-08-24, at 1:02 PM, Justin Obara wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Everett, 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Please see comments inline below.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2010-08-24, at 11:30 AM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 2010-08-24, at 10:11 AM, Justin Obara wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In looking through some of our accessibility (a11y) issues, there are 
>>>>>>>> several that I believe could use a little more thought and/or 
>>>>>>>> discussion. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> FLUID-2964:
>>>>>>>> Research a11y best practices for re-orderer
>>>>>>>> http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-2964
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> This covers issues such as how to describe the layout of the 
>>>>>>>> reorderable items.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> FLUID-2652:
>>>>>>>> JAWS announces that an inline edit area is a button
>>>>>>>> http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-2652
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> There are no specific aria roles that describe the functionality of an 
>>>>>>>> inline editable field. The button role was originally chosen as it 
>>>>>>>> seemed the most appropriate, but it still can be confusing to screen 
>>>>>>>> reader users.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> * What visual affordances are provided for inline edit fields 1) when 
>>>>>>> inactive 2) when :hover 3) when :focus?  This will help me to build a 
>>>>>>> better mental model of how to translate the visual affordance to 
>>>>>>> something textual.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The visual affordances are of course, customizable, however I'll detail 
>>>>>> the default style. When it is inactive, in view mode, it appears like 
>>>>>> all of the other regular text on the page. On hover or focus, it will 
>>>>>> have some focus styling such as a border. After entering into edit mode 
>>>>>> (by clicking with the mouse of pressing the space or enter keys) it will 
>>>>>> appear as a  standard text field.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> FLUID-985:
>>>>>>>> Convey the deletable and completed states for file rows
>>>>>>>> http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-985
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> In the file queue for the uploader you are able to remove files from 
>>>>>>>> the queue until they have been uploaded. The title of the row was 
>>>>>>>> changed to read "File Uploaded" after it had been uploaded. However, 
>>>>>>>> this does not seem to work across all screen reader / browser  
>>>>>>>> configurations. Is this just a bug that needs to be addressed, or is 
>>>>>>>> there a better approach?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> There are more details to talk about, the above commentary is just a 
>>>>>>>> starter. Please let us know what your thoughts on the issues are and 
>>>>>>>> how we can adequately address them. For more a11y issues in Infusion 
>>>>>>>> you can take a look at the a11y filter we have in our jira repository.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> * Is there a good time for a group chat on these issues?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'm not sure exactly, I think if you reply on list we should be able to 
>>>>>> work something out. Colin is away this week on vacation though, so we 
>>>>>> may have to wait till after that.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> http://issues.fluidproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=10320
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> Justin
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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