Re: LVTF position on contrast requirements for interactive control states

+1 Very nice, Andrew.  Thank you.

Kindest Regards,
Laura

On 3/30/16, Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com> wrote:
> Proposed recommendation to share with WCAG:
>
> It is recommended that the text of links and controls which changes in
> response to focus and hover events meets the appropriate contrast
> requirement in WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria 1.4.3. Both hover and focus states
> impact low-vision users:
>
>   *   Focus: Low-vision keyboard users may be unable to read low-contrast
> text on a focused control and due to page magnification may be unable to
> simply tab away from a focused control and keep that control in view on the
> screen.
>   *   Hover: Many low vision users use the mouse pointer to follow along
> when reading text (with or without magnification) like people do with a
> finger or pen when reading printed materials. This is very common for
> magnification users who will use the mouse pointer to control the
> magnification view area. In such a case a hover with bad contrast prevents
> users from being able to read effectively.
>
>
> Thanks,
> AWK
>
> Andrew Kirkpatrick
> Group Product Manager, Accessibility
> Adobe
>
> akirkpat@adobe.com
> http://twitter.com/awkawk
> http://blogs.adobe.com/accessibility
>
> From: Jonathan Avila
> <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com<mailto:jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>>
> Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 10:54
> To: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com<mailto:acampbell@nomensa.com>>,
> Katie GMAIL <ryladog@gmail.com<mailto:ryladog@gmail.com>>, Scott McCormack
> <scott.mccormack@ssbbartgroup.com<mailto:scott.mccormack@ssbbartgroup.com>>
> Cc: Andrew Kirkpatrick <akirkpat@adobe.com<mailto:akirkpat@adobe.com>>,
> public-low-vision-a11y-tf
> <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org<mailto:public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>>,
> "Rochford, John"
> <john.rochford@umassmed.edu<mailto:john.rochford@umassmed.edu>>
> Subject: RE: LVTF position on contrast requirements for interactive control
> states
>
> It is recommended that text of links and controls that changes at any time
> meets the appropriate contrast requirement in WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria
> 1.4.3. Given that it can be difficult to find enough color combinations to
> address the design needs and meet the contrast requirement, it is sufficient
> to meet the SC 1.4.3 contrast requirement for text that changes upon
> keyboard focus and allowable that text that changes when the link or control
> is in the active or hover states to not meet the SC 1.4.3 contrast
> requirement.
>


-- 
Laura L. Carlson

Received on Wednesday, 30 March 2016 15:42:41 UTC