Re: Animation conveying information

On 05/08/2024 08:15, Michael Livesey wrote:
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> This causes the peculiar situation that you can use purely colours and 
> graphics in controls, conveying information. If you don't describe it it 
> passes

It may however still fail 1.1.1 Non-text Content, 1.4.1 Use of Color, 
and possibly 1.3.1 Info and Relationships. Those are the ones where the 
"thing" itself needs is covered, while 1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics is 
more about instructions *referring* to the "thing".

Going back to the simple pulsing animation, this *may* fall under 1.1.1 
(despite being "animation", I'd say it falls more towards this than any 
of the time-based media SCs)

 > You are correct, Adam, the hamburger menu is a good example. As above,
 > hamburger menu icon is 100% permitted. But 1.3.3 would prohibit a
 > textural instruction e.g. "please click the icon with the three lines in
 > the top left to open the menu". Removing the instruction make it a pass.
 >

Or, in most cases, expanding the instruction to not just rely solely on 
the sensory characteristics, but referring to the "thing" by its actual 
accessible name - so assuming the hamburger menu button has an accName 
or "menu", something like "please click the menu button (the icon with 
the three lines in the top left)", which will be understandable even to 
a completely blind screen reader user (who won't be able to perceive the 
"three lines", but will be able to find the button titled "menu").

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Received on Monday, 5 August 2024 09:42:08 UTC