Update on 5.3 Trac Tickets & Upcoming Bug Scrubs
There are now 49 open tickets in the 5.3 milestone report. Some of these are close to commit, a few more have patches but need finalizing. Still some tickets without owners.
Scheduling an additional bug scrub for Tuesday 17 September 2019 at 15:00 UTC to work through them further.
Review: Gutenberg Navigation/Edit Mode.
The team discussed the practical experience of using the mode switching in various AT we’ve tested. The call for testing did not yield any responses.
Several people noted that the new UI works quite well for keyboard users.
For screen readers, it’s more mixed: requires double escape to exit edit mode, the experience with NVDA/Firefox is buggy. NVDA has some known issues right now with Firefox, so this should be tested with FF 71 Nightly, which is anticipated to fix some issues.
Overall:
– It’s a good improvement for keyboard accessibility and some assistive tech.
– Doesn’t work well with Firefox and NVDA: this needs to be investigated and addressed before release.
– Add audible messages, e.g.: “WordPress edit mode activated” and “WordPress navigation mode activated”.
– The button text needs to communicate the available action. The block type is not an action. Should probably be ‘Edit [block name]’ That would be much more clear for all users.
Twenty Twenty: Should main menu and search be ARIA modal dialogs?
The accessibility team discussed ticket #80.
Team agreed that yes, this is an appropriate choice and would make a good model for implementation of an ARIA modal for menus. The source order should be retained in logical order rather than moving the menu source elsewhere so that child theming isn’t made excessively complicated.
Feedback on Gutenberg Proposal for Content Block Areas
Commented that the use of modes has potential for good UI, as discussed for Navigation/Edit in the editor, above.
No other new comments, other than reiterating that the sidebar continues to be a concern in Gutenberg.
Open Floor
- Discussed accessibility of Slack threads. They are now navigable and readable. Notifications are limited, but this is also true for all other users. Slack threads can be used, but (as always) are not the right place for primary topics of conversation.
- @nataliemac needs volunteer teaching assistants for WCUS.