Patrick Fox 🇺🇦

UI and accessibility focused technology leader, #IAAPCPWA, @WeAreRazorfish, crafting custom, accessible and elegant web apps and solutions.

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

Has anyone noticed the use of accessibility overlays on US government sites? Example: https://t.co/RWH3pQqG99 #a11y #overlays

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

@dboudreau @vavroom @zoltandulac @r_j11y @yatil This assumes that a page has been created in a *truly* responsive manner, which is not always the case… Despite the ubiquity of responsive experiences, we should still zoom our pages to ensure text isn’t cut off/functionality is still operable

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

For WCAG 1.4.4, does anyone have info on *how* the 200% zoom should be tested? Options are 1) zoom content or 2) zoom text-only. WCAG docs don’t make it clear which is required, and content vs. text-only zoom generates different results

#a11y #wcag #accessibility

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

@pauljadam Yeah, that’s about the only thing we can do: come up with our own interpretation in these vague areas😛. Still, if I look on the web - even at sites that I know are well-tested by the pros - I see issues when looking at text-only zoom.

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

@arhayward @vavroom I prefer "bacon fingers"

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

For WCAG 1.4.4, does anyone have info on *how* the 200% zoom should be tested? Options are 1) zoom content or 2) zoom text-only. WCAG docs don’t make it clear which is required, and content vs. text-only zoom generates different results

#ally #wcag #accessibility

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

I have a WCAG 1.4.4 Resize Text issue, where a web app is not truly responsive and does not automatically change layout under certain conditions. One solution: display a message to refresh the page at a certain width. Would this be sufficient? My gut says no… #a11y #wcag

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@jcsteh @NVAccess @dennisl That was it… HTML in the aria-label. Embarrassing that I didn’t notice that...

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

Encountering a weird issue in #NVDA where the HTML SUP tag is announced and appears in the Speech Viewer. Any ideas how to disable this? #a11y #accessibility

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

Thanks to everyone who attended either or both of my #AccessU2018 talks on Accessible Widgets - decks available online: https://t.co/wD1heMgxGG https://t.co/Ye5Nm7EBsk @knowbility

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

#Nutcrackeratx

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[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

@karlgroves I’m using a tool that is calling this out as a Level A error based on 1.3.1: "The page contains an HTML5 <section> or a WAI-ARIA landmark of the type 'region'. These types of landmarks are very general and should be named to help users identify the purpose of the landmark."

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

@karlgroves Agreed that <section> isn’t a landmark by default nor do they require a label, unless they’re meant to be a landmark.

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

@ScottLoway Yes - either labelled via aria-label or aria-labelledby

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

Anyone agree that <section> tags MUST always have an explicit label because they are considered to be region landmarks by default? #a11y #accessibility

[Patrick Fox 🇺🇦 @patrickfox]

Trump’s visit to China can be summed up as "He Said, Xi Said” #hesaidxisaid

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We're relicensing React, Jest, Flow, and Immutable.js under the MIT license. https://t.co/3XD0z49UsS

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

The definition of "poor leadership" is sitting at your golf club while millions of US citizens beg for your help, @realDonaldTrump.

[Paul J. Adam @pauljadam]

177150 – AX: Paragraph tags break list item numbers and letters speaking to VoiceOver #a11y #iOSdev #macOS https://t.co/qa1GAvDr5h