Issue Priorities

Issues found via OATMEAL tests are given a Priority Level from P1 (most severe) to P4 (least severe).

P1 Issues

A barrier that makes completion of a task impossible for some users.

Keyboard focus trapped
- Why: User cannot proceed backwards or forwards through page
Interactive element not operable with keyboard alone
- Why: User cannot complete a primary task (e.g "Buy it Now", "Submit Form")
Element with misleading accessible label
- Why: User might make an action they did not intend, with dangerous consequences (e.g. a "Submit Payment" button programmatically labelled as "Review Payment")

A barrier that makes completion of a task difficult for some users.

Pinch-to-zoom disabled
- Workaround: User must use non-standard magnifying software to resize text
Form field lacking a visible or programmatic label
- Workaround: User must explore adjacent elements to determine context
Color contrast below the contrast minimum
- Workaround: User must provide a custom stylesheet to make text/graphics legible
Document missing semantic heading structure
- Workaround: User must read entire page content to form mental model

A barrier that makes completion of a task tedious or annoying for some users.

Keyboard focus indicator missing on element, but present on adjacent elements
- Workaround: User can determine focus by navigating through surrounding elements
Keyboard focus indicator does not go where the user expects
- Workaround: user has to discover how to get focus where they expect it to be
Widget interaction different from the established pattern
- Workaround: User has to learn multiple of the same type of widget and then figure out which they're using each time
Page missing "Skip to Main"
- Workaround: User has to navigate through all repeated header elements on every page
Redundant labeling on a button, link, or input
- Workaround: User has to listen through extraneous information

A non-barrier that technically fails accessibility guidelines.

Last Updated: 2022 March 7th

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