I actually read that before I responded, like Rey, I found myself being distracted by your blog. Loved the "Message board etiquette for programmers" post, so true.
On 8/30/07, Giant Jam Sandwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey, thanks Benjamin! > > Nothing wrong with tooting your own horn. I am finding out that very, > very few developers have hands-on accessibility experience like you > mentioned. If you didn't get a chance, have a read: > > > http://blog.reindel.com/2007/08/29/web-site-accessibility-awareness-loses-steam/ > > It sounds like we had a similar enlightenment :) > > Brian > > > On Aug 30, 9:55 am, "Benjamin Sterling" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Great great great plugin! And not just because of its functionality, > but > > for the accessibility of it. I am glad to see that you stuck to your > guns > > about keeping it so. My dev team had the priviledge to go to the EPA > and to > > their compliance testing center where we sat with gentleman that was > blind > > and got to "hear" how some of the sites we were developing sounded and > it > > was horrible. I took steps in building a new framework (my company does > a > > lot of web based training sites) that is compliant and uses > jQuery/xml/xhtml > > (airplume.informationexperts.com) and hearing it in JAWS sound so much > > better. Anyway, I am tooting my own horn here, just wanted to say that > I am > > with you on taking "accessibility into account." > > > > Great work! > > > > On 8/30/07, Giant Jam Sandwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well, for me that's a good thing, but probably not so much for your > > > work :) > > > > > Thanks for pointing out that bug. I can't believe in all this time I > > > never found that. Part of my tests usually is to click a bunch of > > > times on stuff like that to see what happens. I will have to take > > > another look at it -- it is probably something easy that I missed. > > > > > Thanks Rey. > > > > > On Aug 30, 12:29 am, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > BTW Brian, your blog has sssssoooo much awesome content that its > > > > completely distracted me from my work!! :p > > > > > > ;) > > > > > > Rey... > > > > > > Giant Jam Sandwich wrote: > > > > > I have made a final adjustment to the Accessible News Slider > plugin > > > > > for jQuery, and I will no longer be supporting new releases or > feature > > > > > requests. The primary purpose behind building this plugin was to > > > > > demonstrate that dynamic components can be accessible if > appropriate > > > > > steps are taken. This has been a successful experiment, and I > still > > > > > get quite a bit of traffic for the plugin. > > > > > > > Unfortunately, most of the feature requests that I receive do not > take > > > > > accessibility into account. Many of them are both interesting and > > > > > usable, but not necessarily accessible. For this reason I am > releasing > > > > > the final version completely into the public domain. The plugin > has > > > > > always been available under the GNU GPL, but you may now use it to > > > > > suit any of your project needs. > > > > > > > You will always find the support page > > > athttp://www.reindel.com/accessible_news_slider. > > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > > -- > > Benjamin Sterlinghttp://www.KenzoMedia.comhttp://www.KenzoHosting.com > > -- Benjamin Sterling http://www.KenzoMedia.com http://www.KenzoHosting.com
