RE: SC 2.2.2 (Blinking) and contrast ratio

Hi Gregg,

At 07:00 17/09/2007, you wrote:
>Blink and flash have now been redefined. Does this address the concern?
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>blink
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>switch back and forth between two visual states in a way that that 
>does not qualify as 
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#flash-def>flash (e.g. it is too 
>slow or the change in relative luminance is too small to qualify as flashing)
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>Note: The slower blink is in contrast with 
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#flash-def>flashing, which refers 
>to rapid changes in brightness which can cause seizures. See 
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#general-thresholddef>general flash 
>and red flash thresholds.

Yes, thanks, that addresses my concern.

Best regards,

Christophe

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>flash
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>a pair of opposing changes in relative luminance of 10% or more 
>where the relative luminance of the darker image is below 0.80
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>Note: Flash is characterized by rapid changes of relative luminance 
>occurring more than three times per second, while 
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#blinksdef>blink is less than three 
>times per second.
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>Note: See 
><http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/WCAG20/#general-thresholddef>general flash 
>threshold and red flash threshold for more precise information about 
>the applicability and constraints of flash.
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>Gregg
>  -- ------------------------------
>Gregg C Vanderheiden Ph.D.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org
> > [mailto:w3c-wai-gl-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Christophe Strobbe
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 4:57 AM
> > To: wcag
> > Subject: SC 2.2.2 (Blinking) and contrast ratio
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > The following question came out of some work on the Unified
> > Web Evaluation Methodology (UWEM) [1].
> > The May 2007 draft of WCAG 2.0 defines blink as "turn on and
> > off between 0.5 and 3 times per second", with a note saying:
> > "The slower blink is in contrast with flashing, which refers
> > to rapid changes in brightness which can cause seizures. See
> > general flash and red flash thresholds."
> >
> > However, the definition of blink does not specify a contrast
> > ratio between the on and of states, so any blinking fails the
> > success criterion, even if the contrast between the two
> > states is very low.
> > Of course, low contrast would fail SC 1.4.3 (Contrast
> > (Minimum)), but evaluators, especially automated tools, would
> > want to establish whether blinking content fails SC 2.2.2 by
> > itself, regardless whether it passes or fails SC 1.4.3.
> > So, my question is: does *all* blinking content fail SC
> > 2.2.2? (I assume it currently does.) Should we add a note
> > about this to the definition of blink?
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> > Best regards,
> >
> > Christophe
> >
> > [1] <http://www.wabcluster.org/uwem1_1/> UWEM is based on
> > WCAG 1.0; checkpoint 7.2 covers blinking content.

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