Re: definition of "fixed spatial layout

On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 3:26 AM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
wrote:

> Hi Jim,
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> Thank you, this has been on my to-do list too long!
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> I do wonder if there is a better word than “fixed”, but got stuck with
> that. Perhaps “where a specific spatial layout is necessary…”?
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​"fixed" was a result of comments. tho I like your phrase better. ​

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> I’d also like to squeeze in editing layouts where you have to see the
> toolbars and the content at the same time. It goes along with the
> data-table example fairly well.
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​in conversations with Wayne, he would prefer toolbars be minimized till
needed. Seems many applications have this feature. tools popup when you ask
for them. Adding "editing layouts"​


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> I’d probably drop the canvas element as too technology-specific, the
> content of the canvas would be images, video etc, so it is essentially
> covered by those I think.
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> So the examples could be:
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> Examples include images, maps, diagrams, video, games, data tables, and
> interfaces where it is necessary to keep toolbars in view whilst
> manipulating content.”
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​New definition
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fixed spatial layout - elements where the 2 dimensional arrangement of
content is necessary for use and/or perceiving relationships.
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Examples include
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 images, maps, diagrams, video, games, data tables, and interfaces where it
is necessary to keep toolbars in view whilst manipulating content.

Does that make sense? We could extend the exampels to bullet points if it
> gets weightier.
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> Cheers,
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> -Alastair
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> *From: *Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
> *Date: *Tuesday, 23 May 2017 at 22:57
> *To: *LVTF - low-vision-a11y <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
> *Subject: *definition of "fixed spatial layout
> *Resent-From: *LVTF - low-vision-a11y <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
> *Resent-Date: *Tuesday, 23 May 2017 at 22:57
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> issue 77 Resize Content
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> Content can be resized to 400% without loss of content or functionality,
> and without requiring scrolling in the direction of text except for parts
> of the content where fixed spatial layout is necessary to use or meaning.
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> Thinking and scribbling...
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> ​​
> fixed spatial layout - elements where the 2 dimensional arrangement of
> content is necessary for use and/or perceiving relationships. Examples
> include: images, maps, diagrams, video, data tables, games, <canvas>
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> Seems too simple. Does it need to be more complicated? The examples -
> images, maps, diagrams, video, games... and perhaps <canvas>, are generally
> objects that have a fixed arrangement and can't be reflowed. They can be
> resized but not rearranged. Tables, it seems, are a special case.  Some
> (simple ones?) can be rearranged and still retain meaning. The reflow of
> more complex tables would present difficulties for users trying to discern
> relationships between cells.
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> --
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> Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
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> Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
> 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
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> "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964
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Jim Allan, Accessibility Coordinator
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756
voice 512.206.9315    fax: 512.206.9264  http://www.tsbvi.edu/
"We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964