Practical Web Accessibility
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- 1. Toronto Accessibility & Inclusive Design meetup.com/a11yTO @a11yTO #a11yTO
- 2. Toronto Accessibility & Inclusive Design meetup.com/a11yTO @a11yTO #a11yTO Practical Web Accessibility GeorgeZamfir.com - @GeorgeZamfir
- 6. Practical Web Accessibility & The Accessibility Tribe “capture(d) the CSUN zeitgeist (of) the global accessibility community as a tribe, drawn together by a shared ambition to make the web a truly inclusive place.” - Leonie Watson This is our local-global tribe! And we want you to join the tribe! (there are superheroes) john.foliot.ca/csun-2012-recap
- 7. Welcome to the The Accessibility Superheroes Tribe Superheroes talking: Superman: Hey these iPhones are great, now we can all keep in touch and share our crime fighting techniques with each other. Batman: I know, right? I can’t imagine life without one. That would really suck. Flash: How come I didn’t get one? Spiderman: Hahaha, Apple doesn’t support Flash.
- 8. #a11yTO – 2 take-aways Learn something new and / or Validate of your ideas
- 9. #a11yTO – Learn Something New
- 11. #a11yTO – 2 take-aways Learn something new & Validate of your ideas It’s about the tribe so I shortened my talk!
- 12. Practical Web Accessibility Sequel to the Guelph presentations - bit.ly/a11y_scotia Lessons learned from redesigning scotiabank.com 1. Make A Huge Difference For The Users 2. Practical “Dynamic Web 2.0” Accessibility
- 13. Make A Huge Difference For The Users 1. Big impact issues 2. Don’t just check the WCAG 2 check-marks 3. My bias: keyboard testing Need help? Good thing we now have a tribe to help out
- 14. 1. Big impact issues “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” question: Which of the following is the largest? Possible answers: an elephant or the moon The contestant chose "An Elephant"!
- 15. 1. Big impact issues 1. “If I can only fix one thing what would that be?” 2. Look at the BIG picture & the users’ needs 3. Our approach: • framework-first • common components • frequently used “tools” • “real” content structure
- 16. 1. Big impact issues – Our Approach 1. Framework-first 2. Common components 3. Frequently used “tools” 4. “real” content structure
- 17. 2. Checking the WCAG2 check-marks Don’t get hung up on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2 (WCAG 2)
- 18. 3. Keyboard Testing 2 BIG concepts: Everything is functional by keyboard (including highly interactive UI elements) Visual focus indicator (be the :focus to my :hover) This website is best viewed at 1024x768 and only works with the mouse
- 19. Practical “Dynamic Web 2.0”Accessibility Widgets Overlays Pop-ups Sliders Modal dialogs Drop-downs ... Oy! Sounds familiar?
- 20. Practical “Dynamic Web 2.0”Accessibility Demo Time!
- 21. In the end… Accessibility is for everyone! “We are only as (dis)abled as the environment around us” – Oscar Pistorius Don’t be the policeman, be the fireman! – John Foliot
- 22. Practical Web Accessibility THANK YOU!
Editor's Notes
- Welcome to #a11yTO, we’re on Twitter and knowing Jennison, we’ll soon on Fb, G+, Pinterest, Li, Reddit, IRC, Y!, MSN, Skype and any other platform you can possibly imagine.
- My name is George Zamfir and I’m an accessibility addict! Welcome to accessibility anonymous everyone, I’m so happy to see so many of you here! Computer Science graduate, Stumbled into this field while Ryerson; dev job -> research -> thesis “ Real job“ Energy regulations vs WCAG 2 Opportunity at Scotiabank : I was in for a ride: 2 years, redesigned / replatformed SOL & Scotiabank.com + a whole lot of smaller projects
- I like to jump in the water from high cliffs, especially in my wedding tux. And, unrelated I drink my tea from beer steins.
- Also, I like paddling & dragon boating. I’m now on a team representing this team with weird yellow & blue colors.
- And sometimes we paddle in the conference rooms.
- “ The Tribe” meme started on twitter as a symbol of the accessibility community & the passion we share. People used it a lot at CSUN this year and it stuck with me because it felt really warm & welcoming. Goal for this series of meetups: create our local-global accessibility tribe for all of US, so that we all feel warm & welcomed (and slightly inebriated if you join us at the pub). I am lucky because early on I got to work with a lot of smart people: Deb Fels & research colleagues, IDRC, Monica, Derek and others. I call them superheroes!
- Accessibility Superheroes Tribe! Superheroes talking: Superman: Hey these iPhones are great, now we can all keep in touch and share our crime fighting techniques with each other. Batman: I know, right? I can’t imagine life without one. That would really suck. Flash: How come I didn’t get one? Spiderman: Haha, Apple doesn’t support Flash
- From conferences: learn something new & Validation of your ideas Well, this is what we want for you. Throughout all the conferences I went to I always left with 2 take-aways: 1. I always learned something new: maybe it was a coding technique, testing , a tip on training, or I learned more about a disability I didn't know much about. 2. Validation for my work: "wow, we've been saying / doing that all along, it's good to know it worked in other places";
- Progressive enhancement: from Derek.
- @georgezamfir: Just read @feather's "HTML5 Block Links" again for validation - http://simplyaccessible.com/article/html5- … Love these compromise-now-but-futurefriendly solutions WCAG 2 by the letter - Keyboard Focus
- From conferences: learn something new & Validation of your ideas Well, this is what we want for you. It’s about the tribe so I shortened the talk so we can spend the last 10-15 minutes talking about your biggest hurdles and how we can help. Because we want you to feel warm & fuzzy
- Sequel to the 2 presentations: The 1st presentation speaks to the governance, policies and management process around the project The 2nd presentation describes the accessibility tasks undertaken at each SDLC phase Lessons learned & what really worked for us About the project: scotiabank.com
- Start with what makes the biggest impact: Start with the big picture / from the outside “ If I can only fix one thing what would that be?” In our case: framework-first Don't just check the WCAG guideline check-mark Big believer in keyboard testing (point back to WCAG) because it usually masks bigger issues. And when you don't know what is going on reach to this community
- “ If I can only fix one thing what would that be?” Start with the big picture “ can't see the wood for the trees ” Look at your project, what’s the most important thing you want ALL your users In our case: framework-first
- DESCRIBE THE TEMPLATE ELEMENTS Header logo, sign in area - Top nav, 2 “skip to content” links, text resize - Service menu, search - Main menu Vertical menu – mirrors the main menu - Main Content Footer
- Don't just check the WCAG guideline check-mark. Consider this, keyboard focus is a WCAG 2 AA criteria.
- Big believer in keyboard testing (point back to WCAG) because it usually masks bigger issues. And when you don't know what is going on reach to this community
- The reality on today's web is that these are now not just geeky features, they are becoming more & more embedded on the web as much as text & images are. Believe it or not when used and built right I think they are empowering to the users.
- The reality on today's web is that these are now not just geeky features, they are becoming more & more embedded on the web as much as text & images are. Believe it or not when used and built right I think they are empowering to the users.
- Accessibility is for everyone: We are only as (dis)abled as the environment around us – Oscar Pistorius; running on prosthetic legs at Paralympics and has now qualified for the 2012 Olympics. Pregnant lady “ Don’t be the policeman, be the fireman.” – John Foliot via Karl Groves - http://www.karlgroves.com/2012/06/21/lets-put-down-the-pitchforks-and-get-some-perspective/ Take the approach of being a fireman, instead of that of a policeman ; By saying that, what he means is that firemen actually spend a very small amount of their time fighting fires. Most of what they do is in preventing fires. The policeman, on the other hand, are spending their days investigating crimes and keeping a watchful eye out for crimes occurring.
- I’ve set aside some time to hear from you But Q’s on the presentation are welcomed as well