W3C

Protocols and Formats Working Group Teleconference
07 Jan 2015

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Attendees

Present
janina, Joanmarie_Diggs, James_Nurthen, +1.703.978.aaaa, skeohane, Lisa_Seeman, Michael_Cooper, Rich_Schwerdtfeger, fesch, ShaneM, JF
Regrets
Chair
Janina
Scribe
skeohane

Contents


<trackbot> Date: 07 January 2015

<janina> agenda: this

preview agenda with items from two minutes

<fesch> zakim aaaa is me

<MichaelC> scribe: skeohane

michaelC: vacation Jan22 returning Feb 1
... later we will discuss which publication to focus on before he leaves

Previous Meeting Minutes https://www.w3.org/2014/12/17-pf-minutes.html

janina: any addition or edits to last minutes meeting

RESOLUTION: publish minutes as submitted

<janina> next item

<janina> next item

Actions Review (Specs) http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/Group/track/actions/open

michaelC, what was the action #?

JamesN: Action 1522 was to investigate overriding user stylesheet

MichaelC: user styles sheets may not be supported in all browsers

JamesN: chrome removed support for user stylesheets

<MichaelC> close action-1522

<trackbot> Closed action-1522.

MicahelC to send a note to WAI coordination group regarding this new information

new on TR http://www.w3.org/TR/tr-status-drafts.html#tr_LCWD

MichaelC: working drafts CSS inline layout module level 3 and CSS box alignment module 3

<MichaelC> CSS Box Alignment Module Level 3

RichS: CSS is stepping on item beyond styling that's impacting accessibility

<MichaelC> CSS Inline Layout Module Level 3

MichaelC: read the abstract of the 2 working draft

Janina: it sounds like Alignment appears to have more impact to a11y

RichS: Bo Campbell has joined CSS WG

Janina: would love someone to join this call on behalf CSS

Cynthia: volunteer to review with a due date in late Feb

RichS: maybe Bo can work with Cynthia on this review

Janina: the problem is that there are so many specs, which one do we focus on

Fred: reviewed the spec, the ones of concern were with interactivity

<MichaelC> CSS Current Work

Cynthia: if CSS meets at the same time maybe we should have a quarterly joint meeting

RichS; trying to develop responsive design and they do not want to restructure their DOm for a11y

RichS: we may need to put in a formal objection

MichaelC: we need to collect use cases where it is not reasonable to restructure the DOM along with biz cases

RichS: Bo is representing a11y in the CSS WG

<janina> ACTION: Cyns to review http://www.w3.org/TR/css-align-3/ and http://www.w3.org/TR/css-inline-3/ due 20150222 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2015/01/07-pf-minutes.html#action01]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1549 - Review http://www.w3.org/tr/css-align-3/ and http://www.w3.org/tr/css-inline-3/ due 20150222 [on Cynthia Shelly - due 2015-01-14].

<janina> action-1549 due feb 22

<trackbot> Set action-1549 Review http://www.w3.org/tr/css-align-3/ and http://www.w3.org/tr/css-inline-3/ due 20150222 due date to 2015-02-22.

<lseeman> are we going to get to approving working drafts ?

<lseeman> like coga?

MichaelC: CSS usually argument is that it makes it easier for developers so if we assembly an argument to show that it actually not easier for developers

<richardschwerdtfeger> https://wiki.csswg.org/spec/css3-flexbox/accessibility

Janina: its worth thinking about a join call

Community Groups http://www.w3.org/community/groups/

MAUR Final?

Janina: Media Accessibility User Requirements (MAUR) - can we prioritize it for Feb publication
... check with Nigel regarding his comments

<ShaneM> I pinged Nigel again.

MichaelC: the soonest targeting date is Feb 5
... has started drafting announcements

COGA-TF Requested FPWD https://w3c.github.io/wcag/coga/user-research.html

Janina: discussion will continue on Mondays call

Lisa: separated out the user research for first working draft
... coga is cognitive accessibility task force
... pulling together different needs of the cognitive disability user groups
... looking for feedback on the different challenges we identified
... or possible research we missed
... looking for approval to publish as a first working draft

<richardschwerdtfeger> ship it

RESOLUTION: teleconf approves publication of first public working draft of Cognitive Accessibility User Research

Mixed Content Followup http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-pfwg/2014Dec/0106.html

thanks!

MichaelC: we sent a comment stating the indication should be available to ATs and user agent need to make controls available to Ats
... last message where we ask a may to a must. they said they would if they understood how to test it

<MichaelC> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/wai-liaison/2014Dec/0010.html

MichaelC: we need to provide guidance on how to test or back off on the request

Janina: icon appears that notifies the user the content is mixed and we wanted the AT to be aware of it

Cynthia: manual testing, launch the browser, open the a11y inspector, tab through all the items. Its manual and platform dependent

<MichaelC> ACTION: cynthia to write up how to test a11y notifications of mixed content in response to https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/wai-liaison/2014Dec/0010.html [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2015/01/07-pf-minutes.html#action02]

<trackbot> Created ACTION-1550 - Write up how to test a11y notifications of mixed content in response to https://lists.w3.org/archives/member/wai-liaison/2014dec/0010.html [on Cynthia Shelly - due 2015-01-14].

MichaelC: in current browsers is that information available to ATs

Cynthia: security icon should be in IE and Firefox not sure about chrome

MicahelC: documentation how to do it and which browsers

Janina: only need to show that is can be done
... top of hour, any items to address?

Summary of Action Items

[NEW] ACTION: Cyns to review http://www.w3.org/TR/css-align-3/ and http://www.w3.org/TR/css-inline-3/ due 20150222 [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2015/01/07-pf-minutes.html#action01]
[NEW] ACTION: cynthia to write up how to test a11y notifications of mixed content in response to https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/wai-liaison/2014Dec/0010.html [recorded in http://www.w3.org/2015/01/07-pf-minutes.html#action02]
 
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