Re: GitHub accessibility improvements

Thank you, Steve, for taking the initiative on this. I think the AG WG 
and other working groups now owe you a drink of your choice at TPAC or 
WG meetings :-)

Best,
Eric

On 18 May 2017, at 14:03, Repsher, Stephen J wrote:

> I followed up with GitHub support regarding easier navigation of 
> comment threads.  They responded by implementing an <h3> tag around 
> each comment’s header containing the name and date/time.  This 
> change is live on the site now.
>
> To keep the dialogue open with their accessibility team, I also made 
> them aware of the list of fixes implemented by the NV Access 
> GreaseMonkey script (listed below).  I’ll keep the group apprised of 
> any additional changes they inform me of.
>
> Steve
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> Hey Steve,
>
> Thanks for sending that over! I'll pass those suggestions over to our 
> accessibility team. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Antonio
> GitHub Support
>
> Okay, thanks. For other accessibility issues, you might start by 
> taking a
> look at the list of fixes implemented by the NV Access Grease Monkey 
> script
> (https://github.com/nvaccess/axSGrease). I've copied it here:
>
> This script improves the accessibility of GitHub. It does the 
> following:
> • Makes various headings accessible as headings, including:
> • Comment headers in issues, pull requests and commits
> • Commit group headers in commit listings
> • The commit title for single commits
> • The header for each changed file in pull requests and commits
> • Ensures that various data tables aren't treated as layout tables,
> including:
> • The file content when viewing a single file
> • File listings
> • Diff content
> • Tables in Markdown content
> • When there are lines of code which can be commented on (e.g. a 
> pull
> request or commit), puts the comment buttons after (rather than 
> before) the
> code.
> • Makes the state of checkable menu items accessible; e.g. in the 
> watch and
> labels pop-ups.
> • Marks "Add your reaction" buttons as having a pop-up, focuses the 
> first
> reaction when the add button is pressed and makes the labels of the
> reaction buttons less verbose.





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Eric Eggert
Web Accessibility Specialist
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)