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From: Lucy GRECO
Date: May 17, 2023 5:24PM

thanks steeve i am also disappointed that the focus visible was moved that
was not a good move sigh


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On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 1:09 PM Steve Green < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> There have been several rewrites including one published today. If there
> are no more rewrites, WCAG 2.2 could become a Recommendation in three
> months. That said, I hope that some of the recent changes are reversed,
> which would delay this further.
>
> SC 2.4.13 (Focus Appearance) was a welcome and very necessary addition in
> my view, so I was dismayed that it has just been moved to level AAA. I very
> much hope it will be moved back to AA where it belongs.
>
> The original wording was almost incomprehensible. I wrote a test procedure
> that covered all the rules and exceptions, and it filled two A4 pages.
> Depending on the design, it potentially required 6 or more colour
> measurements and 4 contrast ratio calculations in addition to measuring
> numerous lengths and widths and calculating areas. That said, it resulted
> in sensible pass / fail results for all the focus indicator designs I
> tested.
>
> The new wording is much simpler, but it has some unfortunate consequences.
> For instance, if the focus indicator is an underline, it now needs to be at
> least five pixels thick, whereas three pixels would previously have been
> sufficient. This means that the focus indicators in some design systems,
> such as https://design-system.service.gov.uk/, would not be conformant. I
> can't help wonder if this is why the SC has been dropped to level AAA. The
> level should be determined by user needs, not difficulty of implementation,
> and on that basis I can't see an argument for it not being level AA.
>
> SC 2.4.11 (Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)) is another welcome addition at
> level AA. It's easy to understand and to test. It's relatively easy to fix
> existing websites and we have helped a client apply it to a dropdown menu
> already.
>
> SC 2.5.8 (Target Size (Minimum)) is more complicated than you might
> expect, but it's straightforward once you get your head around it.
>
> I haven't had more than a cursory look at the other level A and AA SCs
> because they will be relevant far less often, but they all look reasonable.
>
> Steve Green
> Managing Director
> Test Partners Ltd
>
>
>