Call for Gutenberg User Testing
With the release of Gutenberg 6.3 yesterday, Gutenberg implemented an important new step towards a more accessible editing experience. That change is the Navigation Mode. Rather than needing to tab...
View ArticleAccessibility Team Meeting Agenda: 16 August 2019
This is the proposed agenda for the weekly accessibility team meeting on Friday 16 August 2019 at 15:00 UTC. Priorities & goals for WordPress 5.3 and Assign owners for tickets assigned to WordPress...
View ArticleAccessibility Team Meeting Notes: 13 Sept. 2019
Meeting transcript on Slack 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...
View ArticleWordPress Accessibility Meeting Notes for 20 Sept 2019
Meeting transcript on Slack Open Floor There was no set agenda for this meeting. The meeting opened with a discussion of ticket #30180. The ticket, while not of itself a crucial task, was a kicking off...
View ArticleWordPress Accessibility Meeting Notes for 27 Sept 2019
Meeting transcript on Slack Progress on WordPress 5.3 Trac tickets 31 open tickets in the accessibility focus remaining. There are a total of 138 open tickets in the 5.3 milestone. 6 tickets relating...
View ArticleAgenda for Accessibility Team Meeting for 8 November 2019
Note: there will be no Accessibility Team Meeting on 1 November 2019. This is the proposed agenda for the weekly accessibility team meeting on Friday 8 November 2019 at 15:00 UTC. Discuss & Elect...
View ArticleAgenda for Accessibility Team Meeting for 25 Oct 2019
This is the proposed agenda for the weekly accessibility team meeting on Friday 25 October 2019 at 15:00 UTC. Update on WP 5.3 RC2. Continuing work on admin CSS (#48420) Accessibility at WCUS update...
View ArticleWordPress Accessibility Meeting notes for 25 October 2019
Meeting transcript on Slack Update on WP 5.3 Progress @audrasjb reported that reactions from the French slack team on admin CSS changes have been pretty good. Feedback also from Jetpack/WooCommerce...
View ArticleWordPress Accessibility Meeting notes from 8 November 2019
Meeting transcript on Slack Election of new team reps Discussed responsibilities of a team rep. Since we failed to account for the time change prior to this meeting, we opted to delay the election...
View ArticleAgenda for Accessibility Team Meeting 15 November 2019
This is the proposed agenda for the weekly accessibility team meeting on Friday November 15, 2019 at 16:00 UTC. Elect New team Representatives for 2019-2020 Assign new team & contributor badges...
View ArticleWP Global Accessibility Day
The initial planning session for the proposed WP Global Accessibility Day will happen on Tuesday 17 December 2019 at 16:00 UTC in the #accessibility-events Slack channel. All are welcome to participate...
View ArticleWordPress Accessibility Day: kickoff meeting notes
Slack transcript of the meeting The initial planning meeting for the proposed WordPress Accessibility event occurred on Tuesday, December 17th at 16:00 UTC in the #accessibility-events Slack channel....
View ArticleGoodbye, Joseph Karr O’Connor
Joseph Karr O’Connor, also known to the WordPress community as @AccessibleJoe, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 3rd, 2020. Joe made his first post here on September 5th, 2013, when he became...
View ArticleWP Accessibility Day: planning meeting 2
WP Accessibility Day planning continued on Tuesday, 14 January, 2020 Slack transcript Design: Site, logo, hosting, etc. @nrqsnchz volunteered to pair with somebody on design. @ryokuhi verified that...
View ArticleWP Accessibility Day: Planning meeting 3
WP Accessibility Day planning continued on Tuesday, 22 January, 2020 Slack transcript Updates from Community Team No existing guidelines about support, but we can provide a list of needs & they can...
View ArticleAccessibility & Online Streaming
It came to our attention recently that the Community Team selected Crowdcast to handle video streaming for the online adaptation of WordCamp events. Crowdcast has significant accessibility limitations,...
View ArticleAnnouncing the first WordPress Accessibility Day!
Starting at 18:00 UTC on October 2nd, 2020, the WordPress Accessibility Team will sponsor a 24-hour online event focused on WordPress and Accessibility. If you want to learn about the future of...
View ArticleLend a Hand: Volunteers Needed for WP Accessibility Day
We have an upcoming event – do you want to contribute to the WordPress Community and its initiatives and accessibility? We need your help We’re hosting the first-annual WordPress Accessibility Day...
View ArticleFollow-up Workflow Keyword Proposal
This post is a follow-up to the workflow keyword proposed on April 29th, 2021. Originally posted as a comment on the original post by @ryokuhi The accessibility team reviewed the proposal today during...
View ArticleX-post: Meetup.com Accessibility Overlay Update
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