Fwd: COGA SC B.3.3.2 Interactive controls are visually clear ...

Something LVTF should chime in on. More specifically for our upcoming
work...
review the wording changes and thought processes in taking a
concept/user-need and creating a measurable true/false statement.

Jim
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 8:09 PM
Subject: COGA SC B.3.3.2 Interactive controls are visually clear ...
To: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, "lisa.seeman" <lisa.seeman@zoho.com>


I think this has a lot of potential to turn into SC language

​====
Current
​ woth new Defn of "Visually Clear"===​=


B.3.3.2 Interactive controls are visually clear or visually clear controls
are easily available that conform to the following:
​...​


​I think the word "clear" may be a bit ambiguous for a success criteria
​but perhaps we can define it for our purposes.

Definition of "visually clear"
Provides a border with a contrast ratio of 4.5:1 with the inactive content,
or has fill that provides a contrast ratio of 4.5:1 with the surrounding
static content.

​====If "visually clear" is too ambiguous===​

B.3.3.2 Interactive controls
​ ​
​are
​ ​
visually defined,
​ ​
or visual
​ ​
definition
​can be set
​ ​
from a mechanism on the page.

Definition of visually defined
Provides a border with a contrast ratio of 4.5:1 with the inactive content,
or has fill that provides a contrast ratio of 4.5:1 with the surrounding
static content.

OR

B.3.3.2 Interactive controls
​ ​
​have
​ ​
visually defined affordances,
​ ​
or visually
​ ​
defined affordances
​can be set
​ ​
from a mechanism on the page.

Affordance
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2015/04/6-types-of-digital-affordance-that-impact-your-ux/

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