RE: Visual indicators

Hi David,

I think we can start with a simpler version:
“For each control needed to progress a process, spacing and/or font styling are not used as the only visual means of conveying that the control is actionable.”

I think the argument for the legal commitment aspect was that the design was quite prescriptive, I.e. you have to use A, B & C.

Now that it is “don’t use X & Y”, that argument drops away.

For the exceptions:

> Actionable controls with an underline
Does font styling include underline? Even if it does, can we start without that exception, as things like ‘next’ shouldn’t just rely on underline. We can fall back to including this.

> Inactive user interface components
How could an inactive control be necessary to progress? It would have to be active.

> Controls that initiate a process
Can we rely on the meaning of ‘progress’ for this, like with the other SC?

> Required input fields (which are already covered by 1.4.11)
The other SC isn’t using process to cover required input fields either, so I think we’re best explaining that in the understanding doc.

-Alastair


From: David MacDonald <david@can-adapt.com>
Sent: 28 April 2020 20:08
To: WCAG <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Subject: Visual indicators

HI All

At the end of the meeting today, I described the history of the visual indicators SC and how we are on the edge of the consensus couple of weeks ago and then splintered out into numerous iterations.  It sounds like there was just a misunderstanding about this previous version and COGA appears to be in agreement with the language.

I've made a clean copy and have updated the understanding document. Of course there would be discussion about exemptions in the definition of process but I think were pretty close to something that is tight enough that authors would know when it applies and when it doesn't apply.

Lisa will be getting some additional examples this week to build out the understanding a little bit further. I think the text in this version is something that we may be able to rally around and get consensus. Understanding that we would want to go further once personalization is mature which would be in the next major version of WCAG.

I've made a copy of the previous versions and we have a full archive of all comments and discussions and versions leading up to this point for anybody who wants them.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WhZAbswvPHs7A3stfqM_ATsaBHPeGbHtARcmaKMck1U/edit?usp=sharing


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David MacDonald



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