RE: Obscuring active elements and text

> "User Need: Users can see and operate all interface elements that are intended for users to see and operate. This includes when users have changed display settings such as text size, magnification level, and cursor size.

+1 to not adding a new user need but updating it to add pointers/cursors/carets.

Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Carlson [mailto:laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2016 5:26 PM
To: Rochford, John
Cc: Wayne Dick; public-low-vision-a11y-tf
Subject: Re: Obscuring active elements and text

Hello everyone,

Thanks, John. I agree with Wayne. Yours rendition is an improvement.

I've been thinking about it more. At first I thought swapping out "text-pointer icons" with the word "cursors" as more than pointer cursors exist. i.e. hand, help, etc might be an improvement. The images in the Wiki use the hand cursor.

Then I went back to our requirements doc [1]. We already have:

"User Need: Users can see all interface elements that are intended for users to see, including when users have changed display settings such as text size."

So now I am wondering does that already cover it? Maybe we don't need a separate user need for obscured active elements and text.

Or would it help if we added a bit to read something such as:

"User Need: Users can see and operate all interface elements that are intended for users to see and operate. This includes when users have changed display settings such as text size, magnification level, and cursor size.

Thanks.

Kindest Regards,
Laura

[1] http://w3c.github.io/low-vision-a11y-tf/requirements.html



I agree with Wayne. I think yours is an improvement.

 What do you think of...


Users can set both cursor and tooltip size and placement.

User Need: such that elements are not obscured and are operable and understandable.




On 3/4/16, Rochford, John <john.rochford@umassmed.edu> wrote:
> Hi Wayne,
>
> Do you think these versions would be easier to comprehend?
>
> To enable understanding and activation, elements and functionality 
> can’t be obscured by text-pointer icons, messages, or tooltips.
>
> Web sites designed to accommodate text-size enlargement such that 
> elements do not overlap, are not obscured, and are operable.
>
> John
>
> John Rochford<http://profiles.umassmed.edu/profiles/display/132901>
> UMass Medical School/E.K. Shriver Center Director, INDEX Program 
> Instructor, Family Medicine & Community Health www.DisabilityInfo.org
> Twitter: @ClearHelper<https://twitter.com/clearhelper>
>
>
> From: Wayne Dick [mailto:wayneedick@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2016 5:34 PM
> To: public-low-vision-a11y-tf <public-low-vision-a11y-tf@w3.org>
> Subject: Obscuring active elements and text
>
>
> Obscuring Functionality or Text Pointers icons, messages or tooltips 
> should not obscure active elements that depend on the pointers, 
> messages or tooltips for activation or understanding.
> With large print, especially when reformatting is necessary, large 
> objects may overlap. When one of these is a active element operability 
> can be impaired. There should be some mechanism to position objects so 
> they do not interfere with each other.

--
Laura L. Carlson

Received on Friday, 4 March 2016 22:31:46 UTC