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A11y Slackers Gitter Channel Archive 8th of August 2016

What fresh hell is THIS now? - Patrick Lauke
  1. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 11:09
    [michiel] That looks good!
  2. Mallory
    @StommePoes
    Aug 08 11:19
    it's pretty nice although where I stuffed it between the door rubber and the wall, it did stick there
  3. but any tape would
  4. I'm going to discover how good the frog is against oil-based paint, which I've never painted with before
  5. oooh oooh
  6. but anyway, that background video shows exactly what it does
  7. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 11:20
    [michiel] Yeah that should have an AD.
  8. Mallory
    @StommePoes
    Aug 08 11:20
    so it's the one time I would say "add text description" or somethign to
  9. or just text.
  10. I dunno if AD would be better
  11. though def more expensive as now you've taken a video adn added audio
  12. And instead of a full set of controls, just a toggle play/pause is all I'd add to it
  13. it just loops
  14. I would do more than an alt. I'd do a full desc somewhere.
  15. JP DeVries
    @jpdevries
    Aug 08 12:08
    Hey Slackers. I’m working on an Accessibility Mandate for an opensource project (MODX) and am using Wordpress’ recent commitment to a11y in the core as a reference. Curious if anyone knows of any other official pledges in other projects. Doing research on the best way to iron out the logistics of things like who decides if something is “accessible” or not
  16. Mallory
    @StommePoes
    Aug 08 12:10
    I'm sure Drupal has something similar
  17. @Mgifford would know
  18. Someone is asking me if this is what he should be adding to meters: w3c/aria#344
  19. What confuses me is if progressbar and meter have the same role, then how exactly do they differ? Couldn't we just use <progress> for everything and if it's not moving, well that makes it a meter, no?
  20. also the role-description thing is new to me, but it may not be Out There yet
  21. Mallory
    @StommePoes
    Aug 08 12:25
    \o/ Orca supports role-description :P
  22. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 14:54

    [karlfreeman] Hello everyone.

    Question for you all:

    I'm working hard on a side project of mine to ensure that it is accessible (I'm thinking of it as a feature!). With that in mind I I'm looking for some help and wondered if anyone could refer someone to me? I'm looking at conducting an audit of both my project and some of my "competitors". I would also love to bend someones ear on some advice with regards to best practices, etc.

    Thanks! Karl.

  23. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 15:58
    [marcysutton] Morning Slackers :wave:
  24. [monastic.panic] :wave:
  25. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 16:26
    [jason] @karlfreeman: I don’t mean to discourage you at all, but asking "I would also love to get some broader advice with regards to best practices” is a lot like asking for broad advice on best practices for Web Development. Half the battle is writing your code with best HTML/js/css practices in mind first. Understanding those best practices and why they exist will be a huge step in the right direction for best practices regarding A11y in general.
  26. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 21:27
    [jhausler] Does anyone know of a tool for generating PDF from HTML markup? Any tool, good/bad, JS/Java, etc...
  27. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 21:40
    [jhausler] if anyone does. please @mention me. thx.
  28. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 22:38
    [jdan] @jhausler years ago I wrote my resume in HTML and generated a PDF using a piece of software called Marked (which is now Marked 2 - I'm not sure if it can still spit out PDFs but I imagine it can!) http://marked2app.com/
  29. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 22:47
    [michiel] I've tried a couple Markdown editors and prefer FoldingText.
  30. [michiel] Or just TextMate and not bitch about the appearance :P
  31. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 23:02
    [caesar] @jpdevries, not sure if this is the sort of thing that you're after? http://accessibility.voxmedia.com/
  32. zakim-robot
    @zakim-robot
    Aug 08 23:24
    [jhausler] Thanks @jdan , i’m looking for something that’s server installed vs client installed software.