[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4602: no autoplay for gifs in handbook

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#4602: no autoplay for gifs in handbook
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 Reporter:  Travel_girl  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  Handbooks    |   Keywords:  accessibility
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 I tried to read the follow article and to find the right spot in the
 navigation, but the movements in the gif made it impossible for me to
 focus on the text.

 https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/

 Autoplay of movements are not accessible and it should be possible for
 users to control animations, videos, sound and so on.

 I suggest following solutions:

 1. use video instead of gifs. Videos can be controlled by users with play
 and stopp and also to go back and forth inside the videos
 2. if videos are not possible and it has to be a gif (for example because
 the content needs to be make again), provide a thumbnail instead the gif
 with a play icon and let the gif play, when clicking the play button (and
 make it also possible to stop it). So it would be possible to consume the
 gif, but also to read the post calmly with no distraction

 I think this problem not only apply to this post, as I have seen more and
 more gifs around announcements for Gutenberg. So maybe it would be worth
 to find a solution for the P2 and the Handbooks

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