- From: Thad C <inclusivethinking@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:05:04 -0700
- To: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
- Cc: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>, W3c-Wai-Gl <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAOh2y+-JarVrjC5=7fjDFAAtuDok9_UritzA7LYsBnxxPQSXMg@mail.gmail.com>
>From my perspective this is an important topic. The following organization provides information and advocacy. http://vestibular.org/ I would be interested in joining their community. Best, Thaddeus On Jul 27, 2016 9:58 AM, "David MacDonald" <david100@sympatico.ca> wrote: > I think it's worth exploring... We would want to get out of the > theoretical possibility of it being a problem into real world problems that > actual users are having ... the article dates back to iOs 7 and a cursory > reading of it seemed that the author was saying dizziness is a possibility > but again was a theoretical possibility, not an outcry from users. > > I've heard it is a problem for some users, but have never met a user who's > really had serious problems from it... but the next step would be to talk > to some users, preferably a user group representing them, to gather more > data on the real world problems they have. > > For our photo epileptic SC in about 2003, we had a presentation at the Los > Angeles face to face by an organization in England that came to us with the > proposal. I would hope for something similar here so we are talking to > people who are really serious about the issue. > > Does anyone know of such a user group or place to talk to users? > > Cheers, > David MacDonald > > > > *Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.* > Tel: 613.235.4902 > > LinkedIn > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> > > twitter.com/davidmacd > > GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> > > www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> > > > > * Adapting the web to all users* > * Including those with disabilities* > > If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy > <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com > > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> >> >> This might have been covered somewhere (COGA?), but I couldn’t find it if >> it has. >> >> >> >> Has anyone considered new criteria for people with vestibular type issues? >> >> >> >> It isn’t something I’m expert on, but there’s a good overview here: >> >> >> http://alistapart.com/article/designing-safer-web-animation-for-motion-sensitivity >> >> >> >> The issue that doesn’t seem to be covered is when you scroll a page >> (usually vertically, but sometimes horizontally) and things move at >> different speeds. E.g. the background moves more slowly than the foreground >> to give an impression of depth/distance. >> >> >> >> That can trigger disorientation, nausea and/or loss of balance. When iOS >> 7 came out quite a lot of people reported motion sickness [1]. >> >> >> >> It is in the same area as 2.2.2 (Pause, Stop, Hide) but that doesn’t >> cover a scrolling based mechanism. (It does mention scrolling, but I read >> that as something that scrolls on its own, not that the animation happens >> whilst the user scrolls the page.) >> >> >> >> You might argue the user is in control, but if they have to scroll to use >> it, they cannot use it (see the examples in the alistapart article above). >> >> As an example (if you don’t have any disorder) try scrolling this page: >> http://www.world-of-swiss.com/en >> >> >> >> You don’t have to use that mechanism, but if you do, whoosh! I’ve brought >> that example up for magnification users before, but it must be terrible for >> people with vestibular issues. >> >> >> >> Off the top of my head an SC could be something like: >> >> 2.x.x User initiated animation: For animation triggered by a user action >> (such as scrolling) there is a mechanism for the user to pause, stop or >> hide the animation whilst still performing the same action. (Level AA?) >> >> >> >> I think it needs narrowing down, but I wanted to see if it is worth >> proposing or if someone already had? >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> >> -Alastair >> >> >> >> 1] A poll at http://www.imore.com/ios-7-and-motion-sickness-poll not >> scientific by any means but that’s quite a lot of people reporting an issue. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Alastair Campbell >> >> >> >> www.nomensa.com >> >> tel: +44 (0)117 929 7333 / 07970 879 653 >> >> follow us: @we_are_nomensa or me: @alastc >> >> >> >> Nomensa Ltd. King William House, 13 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4NT >> >> Company number: 4214477 | UK VAT registration: GB 771727411 >> > >
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