agenda+ Followup on Text Customization in UAAG

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Subject: Re: Followup on Text Customization in UAAG
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:43:20 -0600
From: Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>
To: Jeanne Spellman <jeanne@w3.org>
CC: Judy Brewer <jbrewer@w3.org>, Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org>

Hi Jeanne,

Thanks again for the heads-up for me to review.

It is a shorter and simpler. :-) Below are some issues and thoughts.
Feel free to forward these to a public list or let me know if I should
send them.

*Increments*
I'm afraid that below isn't specific enough and you need to say
something about specific values  &/or increments.

* Current text: "Line spacing, choosing from a range with at least three
values"
As it is written, a user agent that provided 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 would meet
this criteria; however, that doesn't meet the needs of most users who
need increased line spacing, as most need between 1.25 and 2.0.

* Current text: "1.8.5 Allow Zoom:  The user can rescale content within
top-level graphical viewports as follows: (Level A) Zoom in: to 500% or
more of the default size..."
As it is written, a user agent that provided just two options for zoom:
100% and 500%, would meet this criteria; however, that's not
sufficiently accessible because the vast majority of users who need zoom
will need it at a percent in between 100 & 500%.

* Current text: "Character spacing, choosing from a range with at least
5 values"
This may have the same issue as above, although maybe not because the
range of character spacing needed is far less, afaik.

*Inconsistencies*
I'm not sure if the inconsistencies below are on purpose or in error? :-)

* 1.4.1 Basic text formatting (Globally):… Text scale with…
    1.4.2 Basic text formatting (by Element): … Text size or scale

* 1.4.1 Basic text formatting (Globally):…
	Text color and background color, choosing from all platform color options
	Font family, choosing from all installed fonts [this says "installed" &
others say "platform"]
1.4.2 Basic text formatting (by Element):
	Text color and background color, choosing from all platform color options
	Font family, choosing from at least all platform fonts

*missing*

* "Text style (underline, italic, bold)"
Current text has it only provided by Element; it is missing from Globally.

* I had suggested more element-level customization at Level AAA that is
missing from the current text. Given that it at Level AAA, does it make
sense to leave it in there?

* Word spacing seems to be missing all together. Is that an error or
conscious decision?

*misc*

* Just an observation: There are a few aspects that are currently at a
higher level than I had suggested, including global line spacing,
justification, and margins. I assume y'all identified additional
rationale for them being at a higher level, which I am totally
comfortable with. :-)

* "Note: Any user settings from the platform for these characteristics
are implemented."
I cannot figure out what this means.

* "1.4.4 Configured and Reflowed Text Printing: The user can print the
rendered content, and the following are all true: (Level AA) @@"
Just noting the "@@" there. :-)

And some typos-type stuff I noticed:
* "The user can specifiy that multi-column text blocks be reflowed into
a single column (1.8.14, Level AA)"
specifiy -> specify
* "Summary: ... The user can specifiy that multi-column text blocks be
reflowed into a single column (1.8.14, Level AA)"
doesn't match below: "1.8.13 Multi-Column Text Reflow:" ... "1.8.14
Ignore Fixed Unit Dimensions:"

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Best,
~Shawn


On 12/2/2014 10:24 AM, Jeanne Spellman wrote:
> Shawn,
>
> I was talking with Jim Allan this morning and he reminded me that we made additional changes to 1.4 from the comments we received on the 25 September stabilization draft.  You may prefer to look at the current editor's draft.
> http://w3c.github.io/UAAG/UAAG20/#gl-text-config
>
> jeanne
>
> On 12/2/2014 9:59 AM, Jeanne Spellman wrote:
>> Hi Shawn,
>>
>> While talking with Judy yesterday, I realized that while you did not
>> comment on the Text Customization section of UAAG during Last Call, that
>> others did, and UAWG made changes to Text Customization that you may
>> want to review. UAWG made major revisions to 1.4 Text Customization in
>> response to comments we received (e.g. MS03, WD01, WD02). Some
>> additional changes were made as UAWG members were writing tests that
>> changed the organization of traits.
>>
>> Here is the section of UAAG 2.0 that was changed:
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/WD-UAAG20-20140925/#gl-text-config
>> The previous Last Call version of Text Customization (for comparison):
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-UAAG20-20131107/#gl-text-config
>>
>> You will see that UAWG:
>> * reorganized and re-grouped text customization traits
>> * removed absolute values (aside from the comments, the previous SC were
>> too CSS oriented for technology neutrality)
>> * removed increases in difficulty for the same trait
>>
>> Let's have a conversation about these changes so that we can make sure
>> that you are ok with them, and if not, to figure out the best way to
>> make sure your concerns are discussed before publication.
>>
>> jeanne
>>
>

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