13:56:29 RRSAgent has joined #wai-wcag 13:56:29 logging to http://www.w3.org/2005/08/31-wai-wcag-irc 13:56:31 WAI_WCAG(techniques)10:00AM has now started 13:56:35 RRSAgent, off 13:59:28 Chair: Michael_Cooper 13:59:33 Agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2005JulSep/0713.html 14:00:32 RRSAgent, make log world 14:00:38 RRSAgent, draft minutes 14:00:38 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2005/08/31-wai-wcag-minutes.html ben 14:01:05 RRSAgent, make log world 14:01:26 ChrisR has joined #wai-wcag 14:01:30 +Tim_Boland 14:01:42 Meeting: WCAG Techniques Task Force Weekly Telecon 14:01:51 RRSAgent, off 14:06:39 agenda? 14:07:36 regrets: Becky Gibson, John Slatin 14:08:29 zakim, take up agendum 1 14:08:30 agendum 1. "Complete the prioritization of techniques harvesting" taken up [from ben] 14:08:47 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2005/06/30-tech-harvest.html 14:08:56 http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/2005/06/30-tech-harvest-by-tech.html 14:09:07 agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-wai-gl/2005JulSep/0713.html 14:09:54 +??P22 14:10:00 +[Microsoft] 14:10:20 scribe: Tim 14:10:44 zakim, Microsoft is Rob_Haverty 14:10:44 +Rob_Haverty; got it 14:10:49 zakim, ??P22 is Lisa_Seeman 14:10:49 +Lisa_Seeman; got it 14:11:42 mc: prioritize high medium low 14:12:42 mc: General first take in order 14:13:41 What is a good alt. For functional non-text content simple ex calculator 14:13:50 this one is high priority 14:14:23 What captions are and audio description are how to provide them 14:15:00 high priority 14:15:16 Need to provide information about caption formats that can be used 14:15:57 high priority 14:16:14 Include discussion of open captioned format alongside non-captioned 14:17:20 +Matt_May 14:17:20 high priority 14:17:35 Describe audio descriptions and how to create them 14:18:18 marked as duplicate 14:18:32 Techniques for switching audio tracks 14:19:01 low priority 14:19:15 ADI guidelines for AD - http://adinternational.org/adiguidelines.HTML 14:19:35 marked as resource 14:19:57 Time shifting 14:21:46 medium priority 14:21:59 Streaming captions: http://www.captioncolorado.com/products/internet.HTML 14:22:07 high priority 14:22:17 Captions being provided in a separate window 14:22:33 medium priority 14:22:47 Could also talk about open captions 14:23:42 high priority, but a duplicate 14:23:57 Providing sign language video e.g., vcom 3d http://www.vcom3d.com/ 14:24:57 medium for this one 14:25:09 Get rnid to provide techniques 14:25:12 high 14:25:23 Techniques for where to position 14:25:41 medium or low? 14:25:53 mc: skip next two just resources 14:26:15 John Slatin's performance where the audio description was scripted but done "live" 14:27:07 medium 14:27:23 two resources mentioned previously are high priority 14:27:51 Radio describes - that's why lots of people listen to the radio and watch at the same time 14:29:14 medium 14:29:29 Relationship between caption/audio description and multimedia 14:31:30 medium priority 14:31:54 mc: previous tech should be mapped to 1.2L3SC3 14:32:13 Asterisk near required field instead of just making it red 14:32:41 high priority 14:33:02 Color for headings 14:36:13 low priority 14:37:06 mc: ACTION ls send proposal to list about missing SC around visual pres of structure 14:37:27 Encoding color so that it can be programmatically determined: have to specify it a certain way so that ats can pick it up 14:38:58 medium but technology-specific 14:39:14 Indicating correct and incorrect 14:40:25 high priority 14:40:36 Choosing technologies whose players expose text attributes to AT 14:42:40 kill 14:42:54 Sequences between delivery units 14:44:04 medium 14:44:41 (only general) 14:44:50 high priority 14:45:03 (general techniques) 14:45:11 high priority 14:46:17 Provide links to tools to evaluate 14:46:37 medium 14:46:48 Strategy for measuring 14:47:07 high priority 14:47:19 Keyboard access to controls used in mapping programs 14:48:41 marked as example for Guide 14:49:03 Show time remaining 14:49:47 low priority 14:49:58 Creating a time out with a way to turn it off 14:50:00 high priority 14:50:11 Pausing multimedia 14:50:18 medium or low 14:50:29 Design content without requiring timing 14:50:33 high priority 14:50:45 Address online testing 14:51:27 high priority 14:51:40 Turning things off 14:52:09 medium and technology-specific 14:52:23 How to provide a good warning and using entry pages (issues around controlling path users use to get to a page) 14:54:04 mc: this one plus next six are marked as high priority 14:54:50 Linking to related content 14:56:11 high priority 14:56:37 mc: next three are all high priority 14:56:55 -Chris_Ridpath 14:56:56 ChrisR has left #wai-wcag 14:57:06 Hide repeated content 14:58:09 low priority 14:58:19 Writing a good title 14:58:21 high priority 14:58:39 Titles being unique? 14:58:44 low priority 14:59:41 Breadcrumb navigation 15:01:56 medium priority 15:02:11 Navbars showing location (new technique) 15:02:19 high priority 15:02:34 Using icons and color to differentiate sections of a site 15:03:24 medium 15:03:37 Negative technique around breaking the back button? 15:04:52 low priority but good advice 15:05:17 Using different colors on visited vs. Unvisited links 15:05:48 low priority but good advice 15:06:04 Validation of credit card formats 15:07:37 example for guide but new technique needed validating form fields which would be high 15:08:19 Writing understandable 401 or 404 pages 15:08:35 medium 15:09:31 Provide a guess when desired page is not found "smart 404" 15:09:31 medium 15:10:27 Google "did you mean" example 15:11:08 medium 15:11:19 Provide a list of words that are similar 15:11:24 medium 15:11:35 Type 3 letters and provide a list of choices that begin with those letters 15:11:36 medium 15:11:50 Use soundex codes 15:11:51 medium 15:12:07 Google suggest? Http://www.google.com/webhp?Complete=1&hl=en 15:12:13 medium 15:12:34 Show similar search results/matches 15:12:36 also medium 15:12:45 In page link from error message to field with the error 15:12:48 high priority 15:13:07 A featured link in amazon? 15:13:11 kill 15:13:21 Query enhancements 15:13:23 medium 15:13:37 Dividing processes into steps and allowing forward and backward nav. 15:13:39 high priority 15:13:53 Return a new form with only the incorrect fields available 15:14:04 medium 15:14:31 Programmatically provide supplemental information - tooltips with additional info or help 15:14:50 mc: should be mapped to 2.5L3SC1 15:15:27 high priority 15:15:38 Confirmation window opens to show user action has completed 15:15:51 high priority 15:16:08 Provide spell checking 15:16:11 medium 15:16:20 Help bubbles 15:16:28 medium 15:17:33 change medium to high 15:17:42 Tooltips using title 15:17:43 -Wendy 15:20:11 marked as medium and awaiting proposal from Lisa 15:20:26 Do not use same words or letter combinations to begin each item of the list 15:21:41 medium but should map to Guideline 3.1 15:22:00 Providing help link on every page 15:22:57 high priority but should map to Guideline 3.1 15:23:12 (annoying) assistant in the corner of the page 15:23:27 -Lisa_Seeman 15:23:50 low priority 15:24:02 How to use templates - put language in just once in the template. This could also be used in many other areas 15:24:55 +Lisa_Seeman 15:25:04 high priority but should map to Guideline 3.1 15:25:14 Provide definitions via bubble help 15:26:00 high priority 15:26:10 Provide hyperlinks to relevant online dictionaries 15:26:27 medium 15:26:38 Internal linking 15:26:53 high priority 15:27:08 Expanded form presented first time it is used and acronym is presented in parends after - then use acronym in subsequent references 15:27:39 high priority 15:27:51 Provide search engine to look up 15:28:09 low priority 15:28:17 How to mark up section titles 15:29:27 high priority 15:29:37 How to write descriptive titles 15:29:39 high priority 15:30:12 Recommendations on how to provide the alternatives 15:30:16 high priority 15:30:32 Front load the document - make first paragraph the summary 15:32:12 medium 15:32:23 Make sure spoken version of text content is not started automatically in the background or only at the user's request 15:33:18 high priority in "seealso" sense 15:33:31 General tech about introducing subitems to clarify allowed 15:34:00 high priority 15:34:18 Change of context - a change of user agent, viewport, user interface controls, or focus; or complete change of content. 15:34:23 high priority 15:34:55 This is more about generating the page rather than fixing later. Perhaps general technique "just do it..." 15:36:14 high priority for the Guide 15:36:33 Test - if a graphic is associated with different uris on different pages, flag them and determine if differences make sense. If not, make consistent. 15:37:04 kill as tech but useful as test 15:37:18 No automatic refreshes, at all. 15:37:34 high priority 15:37:47 Navigating around page, shouldn't cause change of context (e.g., pop-ups). However, this meant to mean "only by user request." 15:37:59 high priority 15:38:09 Changes of user agent 15:38:12 also high priority 15:38:22 Change in user interface control? 15:38:46 high priority 15:39:03 Links to alternatives (concern about these and cyberghetto) 15:39:06 high priority 15:39:19 Keyboard handling 15:39:24 high priority 15:39:37 Not trapping keyboard 15:39:40 high priority 15:39:59 "hit x to return to previous page" covered by "must be able to use w/keyboard" 15:40:05 marked as duplicate 15:40:13 Getting trapped in a plug-in 15:40:17 marked as duplicate 15:40:27 Can never use contenteditable? Should document workarounds/games/kludges related to 15:41:03 medium 15:41:18 There are techniques but can't validate right now and don't have spec *yet* 15:41:47 zakim, who is here? 15:41:47 On the phone I see Tim_Boland, Michael_Cooper, Christophe_Strobbe, Ben_Caldwell, Rob_Haverty, Matt_May, Lisa_Seeman 15:41:49 On IRC I see Michael, wendy, Tim, RRSAgent, Christophe_S, Zakim, ben, leasa 15:41:51 low priority and technology-specific 15:42:27 However, if use elements semantically correctly would satisfy to best of ability. Also, in some techs (flash) don't' you have to do for info to get passed through? 15:46:25 change "low priority and tech specific" previous to "hold" for prev tech 15:47:15 Also "hold" for "However, if use.. tech 15:47:30 Concern that people creating UI elements with a and div and is that not using the elements semantically correctly 15:47:52 high priority but HTML-specific 15:48:07 Issue - is it possible to meet the strict interpretation of this in HTML? If not, what is the intent? Can we meet the intent with other wording? 15:48:15 kill as technique 15:48:25 Point to external documentation that explains/shows 15:49:02 kill 15:49:14 Redundant with using accessibility conventions? No - if use accessibility features, get for free. If not, need to do the things in L1 SC6 15:49:27 kill as technique 15:49:39 People interpret this to mean that they have to use all accessibility features (e.g., accesskey, tabindex) that not necessarily the case 15:50:30 high priority for Guide Document 15:50:43 Document the user agent issue where accessibility features are not supported or supported inconsistently 15:51:36 kill as technique but discuss in other relevant techniques 15:52:22 -Michael_Cooper 15:52:23 -Lisa_Seeman 15:52:24 -Rob_Haverty 15:52:25 -Tim_Boland 15:52:27 -Ben_Caldwell 15:52:29 -Matt_May 15:52:31 WAI_WCAG(techniques)10:00AM has ended 15:52:32 Attendees were Don_Evans, Tim_Boland, Michael_Cooper, Christophe_Strobbe, Chris_Ridpath, Ben_Caldwell, Wendy, Rob_Haverty, Lisa_Seeman, Matt_May 15:52:44 rrsagent, generate minutes 15:52:44 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2005/08/31-wai-wcag-minutes.html Michael 15:53:27 leasa has left #wai-wcag 15:54:37 action: ls send proposal to list about missing SC around visual pres of structure 15:55:16 action: michael updated harvesting documents with these prioritizations 15:55:20 rrsagent, generate minutes 15:55:20 I have made the request to generate http://www.w3.org/2005/08/31-wai-wcag-minutes.html Michael 16:00:26 rrsagent, bye 16:00:26 I see 2 open action items saved in http://www.w3.org/2005/08/31-wai-wcag-actions.rdf : 16:00:26 ACTION: ls send proposal to list about missing SC around visual pres of structure [1] 16:00:26 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/08/31-wai-wcag-irc#T15-54-37 16:00:26 ACTION: michael updated harvesting documents with these prioritizations [2] 16:00:26 recorded in http://www.w3.org/2005/08/31-wai-wcag-irc#T15-55-16