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  1. Updates: Interface and accessibility
  2. Hello everyone! Throughout the past year there has been a lot of work in creating a polished, modern looking UI.
  3. This update has been in the works for a long time... Many considerations had to be done, and given the current state of
  4. modern browsers (and their over-reliance in JS) many more surfaced, leading to further testing and fixes.
  5. We hope you like it!
  6. ### The prime directive
  7. > Modern looking, consistent and accessible UI across all browsers.
  8. > Non-JS version as the primary focus, **JS is optional** and should be regarded as such.
  9. The Web is 95% typography, the art and technique of arranging type to make text more readable and pleasing.
  10. To achieve this, a textual hierarchy is fundamental, text should present a clear, readable structure to the reader.
  11. In much of the same fashion, the way we perceive Web pages relies upon the same fundamentals. As such, by focusing on the
  12. markup, we hope to achieve an accessible, fast and polished structure by which any browser and screen reader relies upon.
  13. ### Features
  14. * Accessible
  15. * Easy to use keyboard only navigation
  16. * Feedback on focused elements
  17. * Keyboard shortcuts to access main regions
  18. * Vi-like shortcuts
  19. * Screen reader tested
  20. * Notifies the user when focusing on key elements, such as the feed, notes and actions
  21. * Brief description of navigation links
  22. * Using semantic HTML whenever possible
  23. * Special care given for styling solutions that could break accessibility
  24. * Colors and type sizes in accordance to W3C contrast guidelines
  25. * Chosen specifically blue-ish and grey-ish hues for faster page loading perception
  26. * Fast, the content provided to the user really is just markup and some CSS rules
  27. * Optionally there will be some small use cases where JS makes sense (it's the only thing modern browsers understand e.e)
  28. * For example, cropping your avatar before uploading a new one.
  29. * This is the only example until now.
  30. * Dark and light default themes available (according to your system theme)
  31. * Graceful degradation for unsupported HTML elements
  32. * Achieving modern user interface patterns without JS
  33. * Various layout engines tested and work as they should
  34. * Qt WebEngine (Qutebrowser, Falkon, Otter Browser, etc...)
  35. * WebkitGTK (Epiphany, Midori, etc...)
  36. * Gecko (Firefox and derivatives)
  37. * Goanna (Palemoon, Basilisk, etc...)
  38. * Internet Explorer
  39. ### Video
  40. #### Keyboard tests
  41. <iframe width="560" height="315" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups" title="GNU social v3 Accessibility: Orca reading the Public feed" src="https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/embed/9a16e84c-4150-4849-ac63-019c9a3782d9" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  42. <hr>
  43. <iframe width="560" height="315" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups" title="GNU social v3 Accessibility: Login, Update nickname" src="https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/embed/8c86754a-8c71-4a28-8e47-8ef83a9b5b35" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
  44. <hr>
  45. ### Images
  46. *Default dark theme*
  47. <img src="https://agile.gnusocial.rocks/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=interface:timeline_dark.png" alt="" style="display: block; width: 600px; max-width: 100%;">
  48. <img src="https://agile.gnusocial.rocks/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=interface:settings_dark.png" alt="" style="display: block; width: 600px; max-width: 100%; margin-top: 1rem">
  49. > Settings are re-organized, allowing to focus into view each "tab" using the *details* HTML element.
  50. *Default light theme*
  51. <img src="https://agile.gnusocial.rocks/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=interface:timeline_light.png" alt="" style="display: block; width: 600px; max-width: 100%;">
  52. <img src="https://agile.gnusocial.rocks/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=interface:settings_light.png" alt="" style="display: block; width: 600px; max-width: 100%; margin-top: 1rem">
  53. #### Bonus :')
  54. <iframe width="560" height="315" sandbox="allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups" title="GNU social v3 Accessibility: Eliseu was recording a reply with orca, but I had non-tested changes" src="https://tube.tchncs.de/videos/embed/17a0c9c5-0f1c-4bae-a77d-08b4be67c986?start=54s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>