Re: Proposal for: Animation from Interactions

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On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
wrote:

> +1
>
> Kindest Regards,
> Laura
>
> On Jan 16, 2018 4:16 PM, "Alastair Campbell" <acampbell@nomensa.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone, and especially Patrick and Greg,
>>
>> The key thing to resolve for this one is whether it applies only to
>> motion based animation, or more widely.
>>
>> Just before Christmas, the SC was widened to include more, this was
>> (AFAICT) mostly from Greg, and triggered from a word in the understanding
>> doc [2], "distraction". The history of the file is all there [3], I think
>> it's an unfortunate impression as it's one mention in a short doc.
>>
>> For me, the balance is that whilst there might be some benefit to
>> widening the SC, it also removes all animation (from interactions), rather
>> than the ones we know can impact people. (I'm sure some animations don't
>> bother people with cognitive issues, but the point would be that we don't
>> know where that line is.)
>>
>> Therefore I propose to accept the changes from issue 697, so the updated
>> text would refer to 'motion animations':
>> "Motion animation triggered by user interaction can be disabled, unless
>> the animation is essential to the functionality or the information being
>> conveyed."
>>
>> Which are defined as:
>> "Motion animation: addition of steps between states to create the
>> illusion of movement and/or to give a sense of movement.
>> For example, an element which moves into place or changes size while
>> appearing is considered to be animated. An element which appears instantly
>> in one frame is not using animation. Motion animation does not include
>> changes of color, blurring or opacity.”
>>
>> Hopefully that can be agreed asap? Seems a shame to loose for this reason.
>>
>> -Alastair
>>
>> 1] https://www.w3.org/2017/12/21-ag-minutes.html#item05
>> 2] https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/21/animation-fro
>> m-interactions.html
>> 3] https://github.com/w3c/wcag21/commits/animation-from-interac
>> tions/understanding/21/animation-from-interactions.html
>>
>>
>>