Just sending out a reminder of the a11y talk that we will have tomorrow at 2pm 
eastern time. 

I'll be trying to set up a skype call; please ensure that I have you as a 
contact if you would like to participate.

Thanks
Justin
On 2010-08-27, at 1:00 PM, Justin Obara wrote:

> 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.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Everett Zufelt
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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.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
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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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