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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Chat about Able Player at CSUN 2026?
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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Able Player 4.8.0 is now available! All the details about what’s changed in this release are available in my previous post: the Release Candidate announcement and call for translators. This is an exciting release for a few reasons: but most importantly, it’s my first steps towards removing the jQuery dependency. jQuery is deeply built into Able Player, so removing that is going to take time – but reducing the dependency so it only requires the slim build of Able Player […]
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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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Able Player version 4.7.0 beta 1 is now ready for testing – and your feedback is welcome! There are quite a few bug fixes in this release, a fair amount of code polish, and a new base design. New Base Design The base design is not visually significantly different; the goal wasn’t to make radical changes in appearance. However, it incorporates a lot of changes with specific goals in mind: Feature Updates There are a couple of major new features. […]
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