2022001 - Detailed view: Weather graphics in hourly forecast need alternative text

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox :: New Tab Page, defect)

Description

[Natalie Stroud [:nstroud]]

Prerequisites

To display weather forecast, enable the following prefs:

browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.widgets.system.enabled
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.widgets.system.weatherForecast.enabled
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.system.showWeather
browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.weather.display === "detailed"

STR:

1. Turn on NVDA
2. Open Nightly
3. Ensure that the weather widget is in the detailed view
4. Using the TAB key, move focus to the weather widget
5. Using the down arrow key, navigate to the content under 'Today's forecast' and observe output

Actual:

Pressing the down arrow key will read temperature. Pressing the down arrow key again will read the time. Pressing the down arrow key again will read the next temperature and so on. The screenreader does not convey anything for the weather graphic in each slot

Expected:

The meaning of each weather graphic should be conveyed to the screenreader user for additional context to the forecast. This can include phrases like 'Sunny', 'Rainy', 'Partly cloudy', etc.

WAI Tutorial on exposing informative images to assistive technology

Comment 1

[Anna Yeddi [:ayeddi]]

Attachment: NVDA output showing there is no mention of the condition graphics in the hourly forecast while in Browse mode (and pointing to on-screen "Rain" text on the daily forecast as a great example)

Comment 2

[Reem Hamoui]

Attachment: Bug 2022001 - Add alt text to hourly weather forecast icons. r=#home-newtab-reviewers

Comment 3

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/f99ddb2299da
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/0e0627ecb952
Add alt text to hourly weather forecast icons. r=home-newtab-reviewers,nina-py

Comment 4

[Serban Stanca [:SerbanS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/0e0627ecb952

Comment 5

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:rhamoui, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

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