2045700 - Permission indicator sharing state should change more than just the color

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Site Permissions, defect, P3)

Description

[Benjamin VanderSloot [:bvandersloot]]

For accessibility reasons, state changes should not be represented by color only. Perhaps a badge or something would make it clearer when a permission is being shared.

Comment 1

[atjn]

Another UX rule is that information should never be available only temporarily. What if the user is looking away while the page accesses data, or what if a malicious page only accesses data when the page is not in focus, making sure the user does not see it?

I would recommend using badges which show a number that increases each time the permission has been used. This is a very common design that I think most people are familiar with, and it solves all the UX issues.

Comment 2

[Pascal Chevrel (relman team) -> :pascalc]

Benjamin, will this bug be assigned and uplifted for 153? Thanks.

Comment 3

[Benjamin VanderSloot [:bvandersloot]]

We will not. I will request a11y review to see if it is worth prioritization.

Comment 4

[Benjamin VanderSloot [:bvandersloot]]

Description:
We noticed that the permissions UI displays some state via the color of the icon alone. That was pointed out as a potential a11y issue, so this bug was filed.

How do we test this?

Open a video call in the browser. When you mute the camera, the camera icon turns grey. When active, it's red.

When will this ship?

It's been shipped a long time.

The accessibility team has developed the Mozilla Accessibility Release Guidelines which outline what is needed to make user interfaces accessible:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Accessibility/Guidelines
Please describe the accessibility guidelines you considered and what steps you've taken to address them:

n/a

Describe any areas of concern to which you want the accessibility team to give special attention:

This is legacy behavior and we would just like to know how much of an issue this is so we can assign it the right priority.

Comment 5

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

The bug is marked as tracked for firefox153 (beta). However, the bug still isn't assigned, has low priority and has low severity.

:dmehic, could you please find an assignee, increase the priority and increase the severity for this tracked bug? If you disagree with the tracking decision, please talk with the release managers.

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