These are the weekly notes for the Accessibility Team meeting that happens on Fridays. You can read the full transcript on our Slack channel and find the meeting’s agenda here.
Removal of aria-labels for links opening in new tabs
We discussed this Gutenberg PR that removed the aria-label property from links set to open in a new tab. It was previously suggested by the team to remove since the old implementation was doing more harm than good.
That said, a proper solution has yet to be implemented and we’d like to discuss all the alternatives with the relevant teams.
@ryokuhi volunteered to create a Trac ticket so we can follow up and start the conversation.
Create “Accessibility Statement” tool with features equivalent to Privacy Policy Tools
We also looked at this Trac ticket that proposes to mimic the tools already in place for creating Privacy Policy pages, but for Accessibility statements.
We discussed the pros and cons of such a tool and agreed that if done well, it can be a great medium to help spread accessibility awareness and education.
@sarahricker volunteered to summarize our discussion and add a comment to the ticket.
Initial implementation of <details>
block
We then discussed this Gutenberg PR that looks to add a <details> block and agreed that we should follow the ARIA Authoring Practices implementation for an accordion component instead.
We added our feedback to the parent issue the PR is linked to.