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A11y Slackers Gitter Channel Archive 20th of March 2016

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke
  1. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 00:45
    [kevinchao89] If a tab in tablist opens dialog, is it acceptable to make activation like accordion? User has to enter or spacebar on tab. Otherwise, it will not be possible to arrow to other tabs that do not open dialog.
  2. jnurthen
    Mar 20 00:48
    Why would a tab open a dialog?
  3. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 01:35
    [kevinchao89] Can't really ask for design to change - have to try to figure out an a11y UX
  4. jnurthen
    Mar 20 01:38
    The next version of the APG will have space/enter as a pattern for tabs.
  5. jnurthen
    Mar 20 01:40
    Actually it is in the current heartbeat. https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/#tabpanel
  6. jnurthen
    Mar 20 01:41
    Still not sure launching a dialog is acceptable though.
  7. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 01:41
    [kevinchao89] Nice! Perfect! Thank you so much.
  8. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 01:42
    [kevinchao89] Agreed that launching dialog is unexpected
  9. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 07:16
    [kevinchao89] Infinite scroll - what a11y considerations/patterns?
  10. garcialo
    Mar 20 11:01
    avoid infinite scrolling
  11. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 11:06
    [heydon] @Steve thanks for that
  12. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 11:08
    [heydon] A better pattern than infinite scroll is a “load more” button. It gives users control and eliminates unexpected / scroll-fucking behavior. Place the load more <button> at the end of the loaded content. When the new content is loaded, scroll to and focus the first new item.
  13. garcialo
    Mar 20 11:16
    :+1:
  14. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 19:21
    [marcysutton] Hahaha yessss
  15. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 19:22
    [marcysutton] “Should I use a carousel?” NO
  16. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 19:24
    [marcysutton] I’ve argued against patterns with known accessibility issues for years (like infinite scrolling or carousels), it’s so great being around others who agree :)
  17. jnurthen
    Mar 20 20:08
    IMO infinite scroll is ok in a widget like a grid but is not ok for an entire page
  18. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 20:26
    [kevinchao89] Is there a website like http://shouldiuseacarousel.com for infinite scroll? Thanks @heydon for suggested alternative solution/pattern!
  19. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 20:26
    [heydon] @kevinchao89: There probably should be… ;)
  20. zakim-robot
    Mar 20 20:35
    [dean] I’ve only worked on web projects in which pagination was the obvious solution, so haven’t had to do battle on this myself…. curious though, what are the thoughts on Twitter? As someone sighted I like the endless stream of info, I don’t feel like I need to read everything so it works well for me. From an accessibility point of view though is Twitter considered a bad example?