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From: Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
Date: Wed, Oct 29 2014 7:45AM
Subject: no mouse activity
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Hi Listers,

In testing an application here at USDA, Farm Service Agency, I am having a problem and I am sure there is some success criteria I can site for this problem. When using the keyboard, with or without JAWS, there is a time out which happens. I am sure this is tied to not moving the mouse in a certain length of time. Do any of you know what WCAG2.0 criteria this is breaking?

Susie Stanzel




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From: Mallory van Achterberg
Date: Wed, Oct 29 2014 8:20AM
Subject: Re: no mouse activity
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 01:45:36PM +0000, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO wrote:
> Hi Listers,
>
> In testing an application here at USDA, Farm Service Agency, I am having a problem and I am sure there is some success criteria I can site for this problem. When using the keyboard, with or without JAWS, there is a time out which happens. I am sure this is tied to not moving the mouse in a certain length of time. Do any of you know what WCAG2.0 criteria this is breaking?

Perhaps this one: SC 2.2.1

http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/time-limits-required-behaviors.html

But the idea that there is only a timer for non-mousers sounds more
like an unintended bug rather than a feature.

_mallory

From: John Hicks
Date: Wed, Oct 29 2014 8:00AM
Subject: Re: no mouse activity
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Hello

It sounds like a subtle and deadly mix of 2.1.1 and 2.2.1 ...

That is, if the required possiblity of extending the time out was made
available, it would pass 2.2.1 ... since the time out is fixed wholly on
the mouse though, and the keyboard is not registering as far as "activity"
is concerned, then ... 2.1.1, keyboard navigation.

Maybe even 2.1.2 "no keyboard trap" by a poetic stretch of the imagination
: we are in the page but no one can hear us.

...I'll probably be shot down on this one, seem to be batting about 30%
these days on successful WCAG commentary. We live and learn ....

It is an interesting example you give, thank you.

John


2014-10-29 14:45 GMT+01:00 Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO <
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> Hi Listers,
>
> In testing an application here at USDA, Farm Service Agency, I am having a
> problem and I am sure there is some success criteria I can site for this
> problem. When using the keyboard, with or without JAWS, there is a time out
> which happens. I am sure this is tied to not moving the mouse in a certain
> length of time. Do any of you know what WCAG2.0 criteria this is breaking?
>
> Susie Stanzel
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From: Morin, Gary (NIH/OD) [E]
Date: Fri, Oct 31 2014 10:07AM
Subject: Re: no mouse activity
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Hi, Susie,

Are you also testing your website using speech recognition software (e.g., Dragon) without a mouse?

Gary

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