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Re: Tiny clickable element: does this fail WCAG2?

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From: deborah.kaplan
Date: Jul 20, 2015 10:25AM

Well, it's a bad idea for the business.

http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/

(Thanks, Jared.)

Are those small buttons accessible by the keyboard? If not, it fails
WCAG. Do they enlarge when the page is assumed? If not, failure.

But as Jared said about the previous question, no matter what, it's
probably usability and accessibility failure. Carousels don't work. If
the people in charge of the site want users to find the contentthat
appears later in the carousel, the answer is, they probably won't.

Deborah Kaplan

On Mon, 20 Jul 2015, Lynn Holdsworth wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Sorry - another WCAG2 question for you:
>
> I'm auditing a carousel/slideshow that has those little dots for
> choosing a slide. The dots are quite small, around 5px across. I'm
> concerned that a user with poor vision or unsteady hands may find it
> difficult to home in on these dots to click them. Since there's no
> Previous/Next buttons, and the slideshow doesn't play automatically,
> this is the only way to move between slides.
>
> Does this fail WCAG2? I really hope so, but I can't find a place to fail it.
>
> Thanks again, Lynn
> > > > --