Re: Testability of Animation from interactions Issue 18

Also, what are the implications of the term "significant animation" vs
"significant movement"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation



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On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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> > David MacDonald
> >
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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...
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> David MacDonald
> >>
> >>
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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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> Laura L. Carlson
>