Re: Testability of Animation from interactions Issue 18

Hi David,

> Significant animation: Animation which continues for more than 2 seconds, and the
> movement occupies more than 500 CSS pixels on the webpage

Much simpler. Thank you!

Kindest Regards,
Laura

On 1/10/17, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>Would that make the Animation SC easier to test and the proposal something
> you can live with?
>
> - Significant animation: Animation which continues for more than 1 second,
> and affects more than 1/3 of the view of the webpage.
>
> - I would say 2 seconds threshold, so any animation less than 2 seconds
> passes, allowing most CSS transitions, which are an important design
> paradigm.
> - For the field, perhaps saying something like it has >500 CSS PX   again
> that is fairly arbitrary... but at least measurable.
>
> - Significant animation: Animation which continues for more than 2 seconds,
> and the movement occupies more than 500 CSS pixels on the webpage
>
>
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> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:20 PM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> PS I see the definition of "significant"
>> Significant animation: Animation which continues for more than 1 second,
>> and affects more than 1/3 of the view of the webpage.
>>
>> I just wonder if that is the right threshold for triggering...
>>
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>>
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>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:14 PM, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I guess I identified 3 things that I'd like to explore:
>>>
>>> (1) A definition of "Significant" (Is the test case a definition?)
>>> (2) It is a major requirement on the modern web which is full of
>>> animation, so we better be ready to defend it, it requires designers to
>>> change designs, marketing to carve out space for a button on the "above
>>> the
>>> fold" etc...
>>> (3) minimal research available on triggering characteristics such as
>>> (length of exposure, speed, provocation, time of day, etc.)
>>>
>>> We have several people sharing their experience which is helpful... I
>>> know someone who shares Nat's experiences,and I've been talking with
>>> them
>>> about our exploration which she thinks would be helpful...  but I would
>>> like more information for such a large requirement...
>>>
>>> There may be times when animation is helpful... for instance a long home
>>> page on a website, and the author wants people to scroll down. The
>>> automated scroll lets them know they are moving to a place on the same
>>> page, rather than another page, so it helps distinguish an in page link
>>>  (href=#...) from an regular link (href=http://...)
>>>
>>> It will cause many web sites to have to create a gear icon, or another
>>> button in addition to a "Pause" button on a carousel. One big thing is
>>> how
>>> to create a button that doesn't eat expensive real estate, that is
>>> easily
>>> understood. Is there an icon that people with vestibular disabilities
>>> would
>>> have? DO you say on the button on the $50Million above the fold part of
>>> the
>>> page <button>Stop all animation on this site</button>?
>>>
>>> those are my concerns...
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> David MacDonald
>>>
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>>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Laura Carlson <
>>> laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am the manager of Issue 18 Animation from interactions [1].  David
>>>> noted an issue on his spreadsheet that the proposal:
>>>>
>>>> "Significant - is hard to test. Big requirement on modern animated
>>>> web... minimal research available on triggering characteristics such
>>>> as (length of exposure, speed, provocation, time of day, etc.)"
>>>>
>>>> The test in the proposal is:
>>>>
>>>> For each example of animation on a page/view check if:
>>>>
>>>> 1. The animation is triggered by a user-action, and
>>>> 2. the animation includes movement that is not essential to the action,
>>>> and
>>>> 3. the animation takes more than 1 second and affects more than 1/3 of
>>>> the webpage view, and
>>>> 4. there is no way of using the webpage without triggering the
>>>> animation.
>>>>
>>>> If all are true then it fails.
>>>>
>>>> Do others think it is hard to test? If so, how could it be made easier?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Kindest regards,
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/issues/18
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Laura L. Carlson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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Laura L. Carlson

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