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Re: Tiny clickable element: does this fail WCAG2?

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From: Lynn Holdsworth
Date: Jul 24, 2015 4:44AM

Thanks everyone - much appreciated as always.

On 22/07/2015, Subhash Chhetri < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I guess there are two possible problems in it. Since you are saying dots are
> too small that might be difficult for person with poor vision to access,
> maybe color contrast issue is also there. In this sense, WCAG 1.4.3 fit in
> it.
>
> Another issue would be related to keyboard accessibility. Since dots are
> only means to move slide, is it tab focusable? If not so, WCAG 2.1.1 is
> enough to address the same.
>
> Best Regards,
> Subhash Chhetri
>
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> On Tue, 21/7/15, <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Tiny clickable element: does this fail WCAG2?
> To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Date: Tuesday, 21 July, 2015, 4:33 AM
>
> - lynn.holdsworth@
>
> Hi all,
>
> 20.07.2015, 18:31, "Lynn Holdsworth"
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:
> > Hi Deborah,
> >
> > This could be viewed as usability, except
> it would affect people with
> > poor vision
> or unsteady hands more than your average bear.
>
> If the things you have to
> identify are not readily visually identifiable, it might
> fail under requirements for contrast. I think there is a bug
> here in WCAG that should be fixed, requiring controls to be
> operable.
>
> Many carousels
> also technically fail on timing requirements.
>
> > But I'm not sure
> where to fail it.
> >
> >
> I don't know anybody who likes carousels :-)
>
> I don't hate them as much
> as most people. Although I wish we had the tabpanels spec
> implemented, and people could easily reset the presentation
> to be a well-behaved panelset under simple user control
> :)
>
> cheers
>
> --
> Charles
> McCathie Nevile - web standards - CTO Office, Yandex
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