The first WordPress Accessibility Day was 6 years ago today. It started at 17:45 UTC on October 2nd, 2020, when I gave the opening remarks. It certainly took a very different path than the one towards the 2026 edition, which starts in just a few days, on October 7th. Obviously, October 2020 was in the height of the pandemic. Unlikely many events, the pandemic didn’t force WordPress Accessibility Day to become a virtual event – we had always planned it […]
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Able Player: 1 year later
I officially took over maintenance of Able Player, the accessible media player, on May 6th, 2025 – just a little over a year ago. A year has passed, and I feel like it’s time for an update on where things stand! From a code standpoint, it’s going great! I’ve released three major updates so far, and have just published the release candidate for the next major release. I’ve made a lot of changes, large and small. And now I’m releasing […]
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In two short weeks, I’ll be attending the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim, California. I’ve gone to this conference many times, and I know that it’s an amazing opportunity to connect with tons of people who are passionately invested in website accessibility. And during this trip, I’m hoping to gather information to help steer the future development of Able Player. I’m looking to book conversations with anybody who has considered using Able Player: I’m using Calendly to book meetings. […]
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I’m just getting the release candidate for Able Player 4.8 ready. This isn’t as large a release as the last one, but it does include some pretty significant changes! The most significant changes are in internationalization and in my progress towards removing jQuery and cookies. The release is currently scheduled for February 2nd, 2026; but could get pushed if there are new bugs in the release candidate that need fixing first. Internationalization Until this release, translations have existed as properties […]
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We tend to agree easily that all accessibility issues are important, but we also acknowledge out of necessity that some issues are more critical than others. What we don’t always agree on is how to judge severity. There are very good reasons for that: it’s complicated! There’s no pretending that figuring out how important something is has an undercurrent of judging who matters more. But that’s not really what we’re doing when we try to decide what issues are more […]
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