Summary Team Chat for January 18, 2016

Documentation

@trishasalas and @rachievee have been working to organize the docs and create some new drafts in the handbook. Work in progress.

Tickets

#34780: Updates screen: PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party and Theme tables improvements
We discussed removing the scope from the th and td first and then think of a way to set up the layout, not in a table but in another, more semantic way.

#34625: wp-login.php site title link points to wordpress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/
We need to research if themes and plugins would break if the title attribute on the logo is removed. Maybe an option is to have no title output by default for the filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.. @arush volunteered to own the ticket.

#35313: Remove title attributes: Posts, Pages, and CPTs screens
What to do with icons with a title attribute? For a sighted desktop user, the title attribute is the only indication what the icon means. There are many places where the link is just shown as an icon, and here the totle attribute was useful. We discussed how to solve this: we need to develop a coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. method to handle tooltips effectively. Andrea will open a ticket for this.

Color contrast: Some browsers do not support the styling of checkboxes and radio buttons. This means that in some browsers give that borders a poor contrast by default.

@afercia started to open tickets about the color contrast like #35497: List tables: Post format links improvements
@rianrietveld will make a list of all the color issues in the Admin, we can use as a reference to open new tickets.

AccessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) guidelines for core

@joedolson had some comments on the core a11yAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) guidelines; just a couple, minor changes for clarity. Basically well received by the core team. Joe is waiting for a few more comments from members of the core team that did not have to chance to look at them yet.

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