Mike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEM

I hadn't thought about the importance for #accessibility of having breakpoints for #tablets. I wasn't aware that this was both so important & so under-supported in the web. How do we test for this & for #landscape mode for mobile devices too.

#IAAPEU #EndUserFocus

Feb 5 at 2:29pmWeb
Show threadMay Likes TorontoFeb 5
@mgifford What does "breakpoints" mean here?
Show threadMike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEMFeb 5
@mayintoronto how a web site knows how to deliver for mobile, tablet and desktop
Show threadPetr IllekFeb 5
@mgifford I think it came from the statistics – it is way under 10% of usage. As a frontend I usually get designs only for small screens and large screens. Anything in between is up to me. So although I do my best – tablets are still a side job. I'm often asking the designers not for full tablet design, but for guidances how to handle specific elements.
Do you have an example of a11y issue on tables due to missing breakpoint?
Show threadMike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEMFeb 5
@petr in this case it was from a user who had very limited mobility and used an iPad for everything
Show threadCurtis WilcoxFeb 6

@mgifford
What was the barrier created by the site?

A bad one I can imagine is to assume that a viewports above a certain width are only on "desktops," that all desktops have cursors to hover, and to make some content or controls only available on hover.
@petr

Show threadMike Gifford, CPWA @FOSDEMFeb 6
@cwilcox808 @petr it was said on stage by a user. It was something I hadn't considered. As an industry we used to test on tablets, don't think we do any more.