After taking over Able Player, I received feedback from various sources about the kinds of problems people are having with the accessible media player. While there are miscellaneous observations of bugs and support gaps, the majority of comments were actually about using the player. These aren’t really issues with the JavaScript package itself; they’re about implementation. The Drupal plugin already interfaces with Drupal’s media library. But the WordPress plugin was considerably less powerful – it could only implement Able Player […]
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The true path to garbage code: Figma Sites
Yes, I’m aware that it’s still in beta. But as it stands right now, Figma Sites are a clear path to creating an incredible mess of a site. If you look at just a tiny microcosm of the code in the launch demo for Figma Sites, it’s obvious that the code does not even tip a hat in the direction of semantics. Here’s a single link in the “top” navigation of the page (quotes are intentional): What’s in a link? […]
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For anybody who’s been putting video on the web for a long time and cares about accessibility, Able Player has been the feature leader for accessible multimedia. Created by Terrill Thompson, Able Player has been under steady development and research for well over a decade. Originally conceived of in 2010, Terrill put 4 years of research into the accessibility of video and audio players before the first release on April 11th, 2014. Now 11 years old, Able Player’s incredible feature […]
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Where has the time gone? This episode released over a month ago, and we’ve already recorded episode number six. Well, let’s pretend that I’m re-publishing this information to keep the conversation alive. It’s a marketing strategy, not me forgetting to publishing things. (Yeah, let’s go with that.) For show number five, Nathan and I took a little bit of a different direction. After Jamie Marsland published about his attempt to get an AI tool to build him an accessible website, […]
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I’m currently at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, which is always an inspiring experience if you work in the world of accessibility. I’ve been coming to this conference for many years; and it always inspires and refreshes me. This particular trip, I found myself wondering why, exactly, that was so? On reflection, my inspiration comes from a recognition that I’m part of a large group of people who are all wrestling with the same frustrations and challenges that I am. […]
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