Remove issue with CSV table for low vision users

The following issues were raised with the table
that replays CSV data to users:
1. the table could not be located by low vision
   users using the reflow technique
2. the content should be presented in a single
   column when the reflow technique is used

Number 2. came from the Web Content Accessibility
guidelines (WCAG) success criteria 1.4.10 Reflow.

I wasn't able to reproduce number 1. so asked the
Digital Accessibility Centre (DAC), who tested it
originally, for help. Tom Shaw from DAC kindly
retested it and found the problem was gone so I am
considering it fixed.

I am treating number 2. as a misinterpretation of
the success criteria as it lists data tables as an
exception to the rule:

"Except for parts of the content which require
two-dimensional layout for usage or meaning.

...Examples of content which requires
two-dimensional layout are images, maps, diagrams,
video, games, presentations, data tables, and
interfaces where it is necessary to keep toolbars
in view while manipulating content."

The full page is here:

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Understanding/reflow.html
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Tom Byers
2020-10-22 14:18:53 +01:00
parent 37187b5757
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@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
</p>
<ul class="govuk-list govuk-list--bullet">
<li>low vision users cannot access the table we use to show CSV data when viewed at high zoom</li>
<li>screen reader users may find the process of moving templates and folders confusing</li>
<li>one page links to a PDF document that is not fully accessible</li>
<li>the Notify status page has several accessibility issues</li>
@@ -96,10 +95,6 @@
<h3 class="heading-small">Non compliance with the accessibility regulations</h3>
<p class="govuk-body">
Low vision users cannot access the table we use to show CSV data when viewed at high zoom. This fails <a class="govuk-link" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#reflow">WCAG 1.4.10 success criteria (Reflow)</a>. We plan to fix this by the end of 2020.
</p>
<p class="govuk-body">
Screen reader users may find the process of moving templates and folders confusing. This fails <a class="govuk-link" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#name-role-value">WCAG 4.1.2 success criteria (Name, role, value)</a>. We plan to fix this by November 2020.
</p>
@@ -168,6 +163,6 @@
</p>
<p class="govuk-body">
This statement was prepared on 23 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 9 October 2020.
This statement was prepared on 23 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 22 October 2020.
</p>
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