Re: Where we stand on Animations SC #18

I support the new wording, with a definition for motion and scaling



On Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
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> (And particularly Michael Gower and Bruce Bailey who commented already.)
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> Please note that for this one:
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> * Animation (AAA) 18
> <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fw3c%2Fwcag21%2Fissues%2F18&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8e4172f77d364488fbc408d4e41755d3%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636384236261100902&sdata=4o%2BayMmmgAf%2BX%2Ft4N%2BCrzRj0aABPv1KY4AY9c4%2BDtxQ%3D&reserved=0>
>  (4/3/0)
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> We had some public comments on that (already!) and have changed it since
> the previous CFC.
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> A well-known animations expert (Rachel Nabors) was worried that we were
> forging harsh guidelines without enough data:
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> https://twitter.com/rachelnabors/status/892782753783074818
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> I’d take issue with the ‘harsh’ aspect as we had been careful about
> feasibility, but the lack of data is a valid point. Amelia Bellamy-Royds
> stepped in and took up my suggestion of moving it to AAA, and also
> suggested removing the (hard to define) ‘significant’ bit at that level.
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> *Michael & Bruce* – “Motion and scaling” are the ones we are confident
> are definitely issues. Colour changes, blinking and scrolling information
> (e.g. a teletype banner type thing) are not definitely issues, so I’d
> rather not try and cover those and leave it open to comments of over-reach.
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> It currently stands as:
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> “For motion or scaling animations triggered by a user action that are not
> an essential part of the action, there is a mechanism for the user to
> pause, stop or hide the animations while still performing the same action.
> (Level AAA)”
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> There is a media query in progress that provides a relatively easy
> technique, and putting it at AAA puts it on the map without causing undue
> burden. Separate to 2.1 we need to setup a task force or some group that
> can gather more evidence to support an A/AA level SC.
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> It was almost accepted at single-A according to the last survey (24:1?),
> the one objection was about defining significant which has been removed, so
> hopefully this would be a quick one?
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> *Michael*, I like your wording, but I’m not sure about editing the SC
> part-way through a survey?
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> If taken on I’d *update* to:
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> “For non-essential *motion or scaling* animations triggered by a user
> action, there is a mechanism to prevent the animations *and* still
> perform the action.”
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> That would also address *Bruce*’s comment I think.
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> Kind regards,
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> -Alastair
>


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