Re: Testability of Animation from interactions Issue 18

Hi David and all,

Hmm. Illusion of motion vs actual motion. Is there something you would
like to suggest?

Kindest Regards,
Laura

On 1/10/17, David MacDonald <david100@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 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
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> wrote:
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>> 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
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > 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
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Laura L. Carlson

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