WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

E-mail List Archives

Re: Making mobile view available to all as way of constraining a11y testing costs

for

From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 11, 2018 7:03AM

On 11/01/2018 13:47, Tim Harshbarger wrote:
> I want to revisit an earlier part of the discussion.
>
> If you do decide to test only one view of the site to limit testing costs, you should also clearly state to your users which view is the accessible one. Users should not have to switch back and forth between views of your site to figure out which one is accessible.

Noting that if the switching happens based on things like viewport size
outside the user's control, then that won't fly. But yes, if there's an
actual link/button/setting that lets users switch, agree that it should
be made clear which one is and which one isn't "accessible" (or at least
has been tested as being accessible).

[...]
> However, I am sure we all recognize that we don't always get the resources we want for accessibility testing so we have to do the best with what we are given. Robert is definitely doing his best to try to figure out how to conduct accessibility testing within the boundaries he is given--which really isn't any different from anything else having to do with software engineering.
> I dislike the limitations we find ourselves dealing with, but I do admire how creative our community can be in trying to figure out how to get things done within those limitations.

Oh absolutely, apologies if my remarks in this thread came across as a
slight against Robert. I saw for the pragmatic proposal it was, just
pointing out that it's not ideal and why.

P
--
Patrick H. Lauke

www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke
http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com
twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke