Source: Make WordPress: Accessibility

New Structure Proposed Rian Rietveld wrote a proposal on how to structure our work better and plan ahead longer and we discussed it. What follows is examples from the proposal. Goals and Issues This will be a separate page on make/accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or…

We wondered if people, using assistive technologyAssistive technology Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish,…

A11yAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) tickets #29102: we decided on closing this ticket,…

H1 in the admin For 4.3 there will be an H1 in the admin. #31650: Missing H1 heading in the admin. Assistive technologyAssistive technology Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology…

Tickets #31650 Missing H1 heading in the admin: Has a working patch: @obenland will review if it can be committed. If this ticket is committed we can continue with the other heading related tickets. #26601: Inappropriate content in headings on admin screens: Has a working patch, we discussed the option of adding a <headerHeader The header of…

Tests done in June 4-9, 2015 Update June 14, results from Michelle DeYoung Update June 18, results from Kim van Iersel Update June 20, results from Michelle DeYoung (NVDA/ChromeVox, after integration into coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.) Update June 23, results form Tobias Clemens Häcker (ChromVov, after integration…

Main focus of the chat: The List Table tickets Tickets that need work #32253: List table: posts navigation links pointing to same page And related #32028: List table pagination: text improvements for screen readers 32028 has a working and tested patch and needs to be committed to continue the work on 32253 #32255: List Table: media wp-list-table…

Tickets We use the Accessibility Priorities for 4.3 as guideline on what to work on. List table issues: @afercia wrote extra tickets to complete the list of issues for the list table. #32150 List table: better indication for “no taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or…

Weekly Meeting Change This week during the Wednesday meeting we decided that the Monday testing meeting is now where the action is so we decided to stop having the Wednesday meeting. On Monday, May 4, we will all meet in the #accessibility channel in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has…

For the development of WordPress 4.3, we’ve got a handful of major issues we want to work on to create a smoother and more predictable experience for users with disabilities. Reconcile Heading hierarchy throughout admin & clean-up heading contents #31650: Missing H1 headings in admin (fixed) #26601: Inappropriate content in headings on admin screens. Use…