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Re: UI toasts, notifications and conforming to time limits (2.2.1)

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From: glen walker
Date: Jul 11, 2018 1:07PM

Matt, we also discussed this same timing question on slack recently (July
4th).

https://web-a11y.slack.com/archives/C042TSFGN/p1530688615000057

Eric posted the question and then I replied and then there were a couple
follow-ups. My personal opinion was that a toast message does not violate
2.2.1, provided the toast is being used for its intended purpose, but that
preference settings were a good idea (as Jonathan mentioned here). I also
mentioned having an "earcon" option for the toast.

The key phrase in the "Understanding" section (
https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/time-limits-required-behaviors.html)
was:

"If Web functions are time-dependent, it will be difficult for some users
> to perform the required action before a time limit occurs."
>

There shouldn't be any "required actions" in the toast message. It's just
an informal, "by the way" type message, that if ignored, does not hurt
anything.