Team update - Oct 12, 2022

[trallard]

This is a @Quansight-Labs/czi-a11y-grant team sync 🎉🎉🎉! This is a way for the Team Members to provide status reports on what they've been up to this week and request help and attention for things they are working on. This issue will be closed at the end of the day.

Copy and paste the template below, and answer questions as you wish!

Response Template

**Thanks I'd like to give 🙌**
- So-and-so helped me out a lot with foo...

**Updates from last week :heavy_check_mark:**
- I worked towards deliverable: <link-to-deliverable>

**Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏**
- I had a hard time figuring out ...

**My availability for next week**
- I'll be off on foo day...

**Important items for discussion 💬**
- I have a question about goal <link-to-goal>
- Can @foo give a comment on issue #NN ?
- I opened #NN for discussion, please chime in
- I need to discuss foo

🔍 Needs Triage

The Needs Triage issues require an initial assessment and labeling.

No issues need triage! 🎉

🎯 Project boards

Please make sure the boards reflect the current status of the project.

Jupyter a11y grant project

[steff456]

Updates from last week ✔️

• I worked in the pygments accessible theme repo
  • Uploaded the package to pip
  • Created the recipe in conda-forge, now we have the feedstock for the package
  • Made the deployment for the demo webpage: https://quansight-labs.github.io/accessible-pygments/
  • Made the final changes to the contributing guide
  • Created issues for organizing my thoughts and future tasks that I need to address
  • Started writing the blogpost
  • Working in adding the Github light & dark theme
• Attended the keyboard navigation event hosted by @isabela-pf
• Helped @kulsoomzahra with some questions regarding the double scrollbars of her issue

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• I'm ok

My availability for next week

• I'll be here

Important items for discussion 💬

• I don't have any

[isabela-pf]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thank you to @steff456 for starting the blog post!

Updates from last week ✔️

• Curate JupyterLab themes #133 is now in JupyterLab #10004. This includes some updated mockups.
• Rendered notebook user testing - Round 1 #146 has an update: work in progress resources are in PR form!
• Test out a new contribution event! #132 the keyboard navigation event had its first rough trial run on Wednesday. I'm still cleaning up things from this. More info on the event agenda.

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• I'm surviving.

My availability for next week

• I'll be here all next week.

Important items for discussion 💬

• I don't think I have anything right now.

[kulsoomzahra]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• @gabalafou for being an awesome mentor!

Updates from last week ✔️

• Closed Improve view of Open Tabs and Kernels on browser zoom jupyterlab-accessible-themes#37 as it has been addressed in Running panel - switch to SidePanel jupyterlab/jupyterlab#13074
• While trying out the same feature in Notebook 7, an issue appeared, so, Opened an issue in JupyterNotebook and worked on solving it Running Panel sections not accessible at browser zoom jupyter/notebook#6559
• Started with the story-line of the blog post.

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• I'm fine.

My availability for next week

• I'll be here.

[gabalafou]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• @trallard for working with me on refining and defining our accessibility testing work
• @kulsoomzahra for opening the issue on Notebook 7 and following up

Updates from last week ✔️

• I've been working towards the on demand accessibility regression testing for JupyterLab PRs that I described in last week's issue. I will have a full demo for next week's meeting.

Challenges I faced and things I'd like assistance with 🙏

• How to make development on GitHub workflows less painful. I already know about nektos/act. What other tools are out there? Anything that can statically analyze a workflow.yml file?

My availability for next week

• I'll be here.

[trallard]

@isabela-pf

• Updates on Full Low Vision Support (400% zoom) (Mobile/Tablet-Responsive Support) jupyterlab/jupyterlab#10004
• First keyboard navigation event 🎉 see Test out a new contribution event! #132 and Notebook 7 keyboard navigation review: October 12 isabela-pf/a11y-events#10
• Next steps:
  • awaiting Zoom discussion/feedback -> JupyterLab and accessibility call for discussion
  • Space telescope -> PR and new sets of tests

---

@gabalafou

• working on accessibility regression tests in JupyterLab -> maybe demo next week?
• working on an internship blog post

---

@kulsoomzahra

• working on Running Panel sections not accessible at browser zoom jupyter/notebook#6559 atm and gave a very nifty demo 🎉

---

@steff456

• the pigments package is in great shape https://github.com/Quansight-Labs/accessible-pygments
• will be working on implementing to jupyter/accessibility
• working on the blogpost