Minutes of Silver Task Force meeting of 29 September 2017

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https://www.w3.org/2017/09/29-silver-minutes.html


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    [1]W3C

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                     Silver Task Force Teleconference

29 Sep 2017

    See also: [2]IRC log

       [2] http://www.w3.org/2017/09/29-silver-irc

Attendees

    Present
           sloandr, MichaelC, jeanne, Jemma, Shawn, Josie, Pete

    Regrets
    Chair
           Jeanne, Shawn

    Scribe
           jeanne

Contents

      * [3]Topics
          1. [4]CSUN Submission
      * [5]Summary of Action Items
      * [6]Summary of Resolutions
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    Pete: I sent the excel spreadsheet with the data last Friday.

    [7]https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-silver/2017Sep/0
    046.html

       [7] 
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-silver/2017Sep/0046.html

    Pete: I sent it the survey primarily to UX professionals.
    ... I received 120 complete surveys after the results were
    cleaned up (incomplete surveys are dropped)
    ... The first tab is demographics
    ... self-reporting disabilities 21% reported a disability
    ... the age majority was 35-49 years old
    ... countries: most were from the North America about 60%, 13%
    from UK
    ... roles: Majority were accessibility work 36%, then UX work.

    Dave: We now have some translation volunteers which should help
    with the English-speaking domination of the results.

    Jennison: Were you surprised at any of the results?

    Pete: No, it was what I was expecting
    ... Experience was varied, but the majority weren't beginners,
    but they had been working about 1-5 years
    ... involvement in Accessibility? Majority were either "main
    focus" or "large part of my responsibilities"
    ... How Important? 60% were "very important" or "extremely
    important"
    ... How do you keep up? W3C Web resources-21%, Search
    engine-20%, advice from colleagues-19%
    ... there is a list of websites that people go to. WebAim was
    the largest.
    ... Components of WCAG familiarity: Principles 22% (highest)
    through How to Meet - 16% (lowest)

    Jennison: Are you going to separate the results by UX vs. A11y
    professionals? It may be skewed.

    Pete: Yes I will

    Dave: Interesting that the Principles and Guidelines score
    higher, when the success criteria are more granular.

    Pete: It may be a memorization issue -- that there is so much
    detial for the SC that they may not feel familiar.

    <jemma> Hi

    Pete: WCAG Helpful: 3 questions: How well does WCAG 2.0 help in
    hearning? - moderately well (38%)
    ... How does it help you in teaching? Moderately 34%
    ... How well does WCAG help you in applying accessibility -
    Moderately 50%
    ... Which aspects of WCAG Success Criteria are most difficult
    to apply in your work? Is a freeform answer.

    Jeanne: a fairly common thread was the technical language or
    poorly written.

    Pete: Make WCAG Better for UX: also a freeform question. Many
    requests for more code examples and clearer instructions.

    Dave: This is evidence that people need more than just success
    criteria, but it suggests that people are not as aware of the
    techniques and Understanding document. Those that do know the
    Techniques and Understanding feel overwhelmed.

    Jennison: From an industry viewpoint, they only want the
    examples.

    Pete: It would be interesting to break this out by role. It
    would be interesting to see what the people who do this work
    all the time think are most difficult and should be improved.
    ... How can WCAG be improved to help improve UX? There are some
    themes that pop up: Examples, clarity, overly complicated,
    "large wall of text". People are looking for more than text.
    ... "I've been wresting with this for years. I think the
    problem is that UX people think in terms of Neilsen's
    principles."
    ... ""Rewrite the normative language so it's clear and easy to
    read using simple language.

    "Do not introduce SC that limit which words you can use on a
    page. That will lose a lot of support from people who would
    otherwise support WCAG, it;s overly restrictive, and it stifles
    innovation. Just think about the number of words in common
    usage now that were not in common usage 15 years ago. Tweet,
    favorite (as a verb), Google (verb), SPAM, etc."

    Dave: General use sites, there was a recommendation to add
    language that is common usage.

    Pete: It is a balance between too high level to help anyone and
    too general to distinguish the site.
    ... Other comments: themes of gratitude to W3C, needs to be
    taught more in schools
    ... "need clear, up-to-date examples"
    ... people want to get in quick and get out, that is a
    challenge today.
    ... My next task is to do more segmentation of UX and
    Accessibility professionals.
    ... I am going to do follow up interviews over the next few
    weeks with people who said they were willing to do a follow up
    interview.
    ... I'm thinking of 2-3 interviews based on some of the
    interesting comments and expand on the survey.
    ... please talk about it now, or email me.

    Jennsion: How are you protecting the privacy of the
    interviewees? We are trying to get a pulse of how other people
    are doing it?

    Pete: I keep all the results confidential, I use the common
    practices.
    ... informed consent form, keeping the answers private and
    confidential.
    ... I recommend recording the interview so you can go back and
    replay notes, and you have to have a conformed consent.

    Jeanne: We couldn't use first names in a report because the
    community is so small.

    Dave: I haven't heard a argument for making the names public.
    ... we have to provide confidentiality and how the data is
    protected.
    ... W3C is a complicated entity
    ... as a group we have to determine if we are following our own
    organizations policy, or if there is a policy that Silver group
    has to follow on our own. It isn't clear how we administer a
    project so that we don't have to go through multiple IRB
    processes, but still treat interviewees in a fair and ethical
    manner.
    ... It is a different situation with a survey, where people can
    decide not to answer a question. It is harder in an interview
    where people may feel more pressure to answer, unless the
    interviewer makes clear that they can chose not to answer the
    question.

    Pete: Back to the results: I think we should be looking at
    layers of how the information is presented to users, it isn't a
    one-size-fits-all.

    Jennison: Are you going to present at A11yBos, or at CSUN?

    Pete: I have been thinking about it.

CSUN Submission

    [8]https://docs.google.com/document/d/15f0AklBmGT4UmH7uzWgvoMWa
    lLKv7zQhvAqqWx_kOTw/edit

       [8] 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15f0AklBmGT4UmH7uzWgvoMWalLKv7zQhvAqqWx_kOTw/edit

    <scribe> scribe: jeanne

Summary of Action Items

Summary of Resolutions

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