- From: David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:56:39 -0400
- To: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
- CC: WCAG WG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
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I think it's worth exploring... We would want to get out of the theoretical possibility of it being a problem into real world problems that actual users are having ... the article dates back to iOs 7 and a cursory reading of it seemed that the author was saying dizziness is a possibility but again was a theoretical possibility, not an outcry from users. I've heard it is a problem for some users, but have never met a user who's really had serious problems from it... but the next step would be to talk to some users, preferably a user group representing them, to gather more data on the real world problems they have. For our photo epileptic SC in about 2003, we had a presentation at the Los Angeles face to face by an organization in England that came to us with the proposal. I would hope for something similar here so we are talking to people who are really serious about the issue. Does anyone know of such a user group or place to talk to users? Cheers, David MacDonald *Can**Adapt* *Solutions Inc.* Tel: 613.235.4902 LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmacdonald100> twitter.com/davidmacd GitHub <https://github.com/DavidMacDonald> www.Can-Adapt.com <http://www.can-adapt.com/> * Adapting the web to all users* * Including those with disabilities* If you are not the intended recipient, please review our privacy policy <http://www.davidmacd.com/disclaimer.html> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > This might have been covered somewhere (COGA?), but I couldn’t find it if > it has. > > > > Has anyone considered new criteria for people with vestibular type issues? > > > > It isn’t something I’m expert on, but there’s a good overview here: > > > http://alistapart.com/article/designing-safer-web-animation-for-motion-sensitivity > > > > The issue that doesn’t seem to be covered is when you scroll a page > (usually vertically, but sometimes horizontally) and things move at > different speeds. E.g. the background moves more slowly than the foreground > to give an impression of depth/distance. > > > > That can trigger disorientation, nausea and/or loss of balance. When iOS 7 > came out quite a lot of people reported motion sickness [1]. > > > > It is in the same area as 2.2.2 (Pause, Stop, Hide) but that doesn’t cover > a scrolling based mechanism. (It does mention scrolling, but I read that as > something that scrolls on its own, not that the animation happens whilst > the user scrolls the page.) > > > > You might argue the user is in control, but if they have to scroll to use > it, they cannot use it (see the examples in the alistapart article above). > > As an example (if you don’t have any disorder) try scrolling this page: > http://www.world-of-swiss.com/en > > > > You don’t have to use that mechanism, but if you do, whoosh! I’ve brought > that example up for magnification users before, but it must be terrible for > people with vestibular issues. > > > > Off the top of my head an SC could be something like: > > 2.x.x User initiated animation: For animation triggered by a user action > (such as scrolling) there is a mechanism for the user to pause, stop or > hide the animation whilst still performing the same action. (Level AA?) > > > > I think it needs narrowing down, but I wanted to see if it is worth > proposing or if someone already had? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > -Alastair > > > > 1] A poll at http://www.imore.com/ios-7-and-motion-sickness-poll not > scientific by any means but that’s quite a lot of people reporting an issue. > > > > -- > > > > Alastair Campbell > > > > www.nomensa.com > > tel: +44 (0)117 929 7333 / 07970 879 653 > > follow us: @we_are_nomensa or me: @alastc > > > > Nomensa Ltd. King William House, 13 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4NT > > Company number: 4214477 | UK VAT registration: GB 771727411 >
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