I'll try to set up a Skype call for the meeting this coming Wednesday. Could 
everyone who would like to join please let me know and make sure that I have 
you as a contact on Skype.

Thanks
Justin

On 2010-08-26, at 2:22 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote:

> Sep 1, and Skype work well for me.  I can do Connect / IRC, but it is really 
> a sub-optimal experience.
> 
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> On 2010-08-26, at 2:20 PM, Justin Obara wrote:
> 
>> 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
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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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