Ryan, +1
I'm pretty sure that what Ryan is asking for here is not a rehash or
critique of guidelines, but a plan to collect the good parts of existing
one and supplement them where needed to create a single coherent
non-conflicting set of guidelines we can all point to, discuss, evolve and
seek to conform to.
Perhaps more direct questions will get more direct answers.
- Who is going to lead this work?
- Who is going to commit to actively participate?
- Where will this work be done?
- When will this work be done?
- Trevor
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Quiddity <pandiculation(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Regarding vision, I found 2 great "impairment
simulators", and have added
them to the Accessibility_guide_for_developers page.[1][2]
One other thing to emphasize, beyond typography:
* Tiny clickable-targets are discouraged *
For some users, they are both
* hard to see,
* and hard to position a mouse-pointer over (think carpal
tunnel/arthritis, or just someone using those laptop "nub pointers"[3])
This most recently came up in regards to the tiny [x] close-icon on a
centralnoticebanner. (it was fixed)
HTH.
Quiddity
[1]
http://www.inclusivedesigntoolkit.com/betterdesign2/simsoftware/
simsoftware.html
[2]
http://www.cnib.ca/en/your-eyes/eye-conditions/eye-
connect/Pages/EyeSimulator.aspx
[3]
https://xkcd.com/243/
On 14-02-20 11:05 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote:
In the old days (2011), the WMF had design
guidelines that discussed
accessibility issues such as appropriate font sizes, use of colors, and
text contrast. These guidelines were later replaced with the Agora
guidelines (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Design)
which specify only that "We must enable access for users with
impairments."
Accessibility is central to our mission as an organization and very
important to our community. In fact the en.wiki community has enacted
their own comprehensive accessibility guidelines for content:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accessibility
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accessibility_dos_and_don'ts
Mediawiki developers also have a set of published accessibility
guidelines:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility_guide_for_developers
The issue of accessibility in MediaWiki UX design has been raised
numerous times in the recent past, most commonly in regard to font sizes
and colors. I'm personally aware of it coming up at least 5 times in the
past year (Typography Refresh, Flow, Echo, Mobile, NavPopups). Rather
than rehashing the same discussions each time, I would encourage the
design team to come up with a new set of accessibility guidelines that
everyone can refer to and agree on. I would encourage stealing ideas
from the en.wiki guidelines and the WCAG guidelines
(
http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/). I would also suggest that
the design team invest in a pair of scratched-up coke-bottle glasses
that each design mock-up can be tested with :)
Ryan Kaldari
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