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Re: Notification banner with interactive link

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From: Maxability A11Y
Date: Oct 18, 2018 1:32AM

Hi Sudheer,
Sorry for late into the discussion. I wrote an article on toaste
accessibility at http://www.maxability.co.in/2018/02/toast-is-it-accessible/
.
This may give you some clarity on,
1. The length of the message and the time duration it appear.
2. Is this a mobile or desktop app?
3. On which location does it appear, and is that consistant each time it
appears?
4. What do the interactive element do? Close or anything else.
5. Have you considered other accessibility issues such as color contrast,
text resize etc.
Thanks & Regards
Rakesh

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 11:45 AM Mohith BP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi Sudheer,
>
> Adding to glen's point as you mentioned there is an interactive
> element in the notification.
> If the user can interact using the element then it is not
> accessibility compliant as if it losts only for few seconds many users
> may not be able to use the same.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Mohith B. P.
>
> On 10/12/18, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Sounds like you have a toast message. This was discussed on this forum
> > about a year ago, along with songs about toast.
> >
> > https://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=8468
> >
> > My personal feeling about toast messages is that they should only be used
> > for non-important messages and that if ignored, don't hurt anything. I
> use
> > Microsoft Outlook on a PC as an example. When I get a new email, a toast
> > pops up but I can ignore it if I want. I don't lose any info by ignoring
> > it because I can go to the app and see if I have new email. However,
> there
> > are some nice settings with the outlook toast that I can change, such as
> > how long the message is displayed and the opacity. I can also associate
> a
> > sound with getting new mail so I don't even have to see that there is a
> > toast message.
> >
> > Given the limited info for your situation, it's hard to say if you have
> an
> > accessibility problem or not. Is the link that appears important enough
> to
> > let the user know about it (aria-live)? Can other things appear for 3-5
> > seconds too? Can you control how long it appears? Does it have any
> > focusable/interactive elements? Where does it appear in the tab order?
> If
> > any of these issues apply, then maybe a toast message isn't the right UX.
> >
> > Glen
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > >