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A11y Slackers Gitter Channel Archive 31st of July 2017

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke
  1. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Jul 31 06:21
    [christopherpigden] Hi guys, Are there accessibility guidelines for building mobile applications? not web apps or mobile sites but native apps you would purchase from the app store?
  2. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Jul 31 06:57
    [caesar] https://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-accessibility-mapping/
  3. [caesar] Mobile apps are really just web pages built right into a bespoke user-agent
  4. [caesar] So I guess the UAAG also applies.
  5. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Jul 31 07:26

    [herin] BBC lists the guidelines in an easy to understand way. May be worth having a look.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/futuremedia/accessibility/mobile
    Hi guys, Are there accessibility guidelines for building mobile applications? not web apps or mobile sites but native apps you would purchase from the app store?

  6. Chris O'Brien
    @a11ycob
    Jul 31 12:20
    Apple has developer guidelines here: https://developer.apple.com/accessibility/ios/
  7. Android would likely have similar resources
  8. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Jul 31 14:40
    [sarahebourne] The Android developer guidelines are here:
    https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/accessibility/index.html
  9. powrsurg
    @powrsurg
    Jul 31 15:02
    @herin There is also an Accessibility Scanner app for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.auditor&hl=en
  10. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Jul 31 18:43
    [virtualalex] is it true that being WCAG AA compliant will make our side ADA compliant as well?
  11. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Jul 31 19:00
    [ugi] @virtualalex I’m not sure. But, I heard of many cases in the past that were settled, after the defendant agreed to comply with WCAG 2.0 as a part of the settlement.
  12. [ugi] https://www.ada.gov/enforce_current.htm
  13. [virtualalex] Ok thank you. That would mean yes to me then.
  14. [virtualalex] If the punishment for violation is to get WCAG 2 compliant as a fix
  15. [virtualalex] it would mean if I am already compliant than I should be good? (I am not compliant yet, just level setting)
  16. Michael Fairchild
    @mfairchild365
    Jul 31 19:40
    I feel like there should be a better solution to the select list placeholder problem. Something other than "<option selected value> -- select an option -- </option>". Most of the time I try to avoid it entirely, but I wonder if by providing a default valid option, many users would just skip it (and I would get sloppy data).
  17. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Jul 31 23:51
    [nschonni] anyone used something like this for presentations https://asciinema.org/
  18. [nschonni] Doesn't look like there is any ARIA applied right now, but it is open source