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Updates: Interface and accessibility
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Hello everyone! Throughout the past year there has been a lot of work in creating a polished, modern looking UI.
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This update has been in the works for a long time... Many considerations had to be done, and given the current state of
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modern browsers (and their over-reliance in JS) many more surfaced, leading to further testing and fixes.
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We hope you like it!
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### The prime directive
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> Modern looking, consistent and accessible UI across all browsers.
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> Non-JS version as the primary focus, **JS is optional** and should be regarded as such.
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The Web is 95% typography, the art and technique of arranging type to make text more readable and pleasing.
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To achieve this, a textual hierarchy is fundamental, text should present a clear, readable structure to the reader.
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In much of the same fashion, the way we perceive Web pages relies upon the same fundamentals. As such, by focusing on the
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markup, we hope to achieve an accessible, fast and polished structure by which any browser and screen reader relies upon.
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### Features
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* Accessible
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* Easy to use keyboard only navigation
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* Feedback on focused elements
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* Keyboard shortcuts to access main regions
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* Vi-like shortcuts
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* Screen reader tested
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* Notifies the user when focusing on key elements, such as the feed, notes and actions
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* Brief description of navigation links
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* Using semantic HTML whenever possible
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* Special care given for styling solutions that could break accessibility
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* Colors and type sizes in accordance to W3C contrast guidelines
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* Chosen specifically blue-ish and grey-ish hues for faster page loading perception
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* Fast, the content provided to the user really is just markup and some CSS rules
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* Optionally there will be some small use cases where JS makes sense (it's the only thing modern browsers understand e.e)
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* For example, cropping your avatar before uploading a new one.
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* This is the only example until now.
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* Dark and light default themes available (according to your system theme)
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* Graceful degradation for unsupported HTML elements
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* Achieving modern user interface patterns without JS
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* Various layout engines tested and work as they should
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* Qt WebEngine (Qutebrowser, Falkon, Otter Browser, etc...)
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* WebkitGTK (Epiphany, Midori, etc...)
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* Gecko (Firefox and derivatives)
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* Goanna (Palemoon, Basilisk, etc...)
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* Internet Explorer
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### Video
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#### Keyboard tests
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<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>
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<hr>
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<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>
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<hr>
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### Images
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*Default dark theme*
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<img src="https://agile.gnusocial.rocks/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=interface:timeline_dark.png" alt="" style="display: block; width: 600px; max-width: 100%;">
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<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">
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> Settings are re-organized, allowing to focus into view each "tab" using the *details* HTML element.
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*Default light theme*
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<img src="https://agile.gnusocial.rocks/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=interface:timeline_light.png" alt="" style="display: block; width: 600px; max-width: 100%;">
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<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">
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#### Bonus :')
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<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>
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