Team update - Jul 12, 2023

[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.

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**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

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[isabela-pf]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

Updates from last week ✔️

• JupyterLab user testing for common workflows #184 Thanks to @gabalafou for the review! I've made replies and think I know what to do for most of the changes.
• [DOC] - Add accessibility statement to JLab docs #178 I'm working on adding the JupyterLab 3.4.4 accessibility statement to the JupyterLab docs. Pre-review on this and/or if you have tips on how to check the docs are building, please let me know. I have a PR on my own JupyterLab fork for easier pre-review.

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

• I don't have anything right now.

My availability for next week

• I'll be here all week.

Important items for discussion 💬

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

[steff456]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thanks for all the feedback in the documentation and themes extension package

Updates from last week ✔️

• Created and merged follow up PR with one change that wasn’t included at merge Update JupyterLab version in README.md jupyterlab-accessible-themes#64
• Merged Update readme with latest instructions and requirements jupyterlab-accessible-themes#60
• Waiting for merge - schema error - Fix schema error jupyterlab-accessible-themes#61
• Waiting for review PR fixing color issues in the existing themes Fix Github Light and Pitaya Smoothie contrast color bugs jupyterlab-accessible-themes#62
• Made review changes in PR for Github dark - Add github dark jupyterlab-accessible-themes#53
• Made review changes for audits documentation PR - Add audits in the Jupyter ecosystem jupyter/accessibility#133

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 think the colors are right, I spent Monday and Wednesday testing different areas of the UI. Sadly lighthouse and axe chrome extensions didn't include any color issues in their report. If you see something off please let me know!

[gabalafou]

Thanks I'd like to give 🙌

• Thanks @steff456 for patience with my reviewing. It's going a little slowly.

Updates from last week ✔️

• Almost done reviewing Stephannie's PRs listed in last week's update
• Reviewed Isabela's user testing results

My availability for next week

• I'll be off on Monday, July 17

Important items for discussion 💬

• Came up in the Jupyter Accessibility call: Notebook 7 draft blog post
  • Which links to a page in the Notebook 7 docs about features including accessibility improvements

[trallard]

@gabalafou
- Requested feedback on the blog post - especially https://jupyter-notebook.readthedocs.io/en/latest/notebook_7_features.html#improved-web-content-accessibility-guidelines-wcag-compliance
- Request for feedback https://hackmd.io/WnaWXboXSiGoqWvev_fAvA - before the end of next week @trallard to add to GH issue

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@steff456 is currently waiting on PR reviews
- will need to check/test the GH light and pitaya smoothie