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

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From: Tim Harshbarger
Date: Jul 12, 2018 7:11AM

So I was curious about this.

When I read guideline 2.2 (Enough Time), it does mention that it is essential to give users enough time to read information. I would think that would mean that the required user action/task refers to the idea that, in order for the user to be able to utilize the toast, they need enough time to be able to read the information in the toast?

Thanks,
Tim

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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WebAIM] UI toasts, notifications and conforming to time limits (2.2.1)

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.