[Athen] jQuery

[Heidi Scher]

Thanks for the information!  I'll pass the info along to the group.

Have a great weekend, one and all!

Heidi

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Terrill Thompson <tft at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> Hi Heidi,

>

> JQuery is one of several "Javascript libraries" that developers are using to

> add widgets to their sites. With tools like these developers can add complex

> interactive features to their web sites just by plugging in code from the

> libraries, rather than writing it from scratch themselves. This has

> potential to be a good thing for accessibility: If the libraries are

> accessible, then anyone who uses them ends up with accessible features on

> their website, even developers who wouldn't otherwise have thought much

> about accessibility. However, if the libraries are not accessible, the

> opposite is true.

>

> There are folks who are working diligently to ensure accessibility of some

> of the most popular libraries, including JQuery. I'm not sure what the

> status is of this work, but here are some helpful links:

>

> JQuery accessibility group:

> http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-a11y/

>

> Dojo Toolkit Accessibility:

> I think Dojo was the first to include accessibility, and seems from my

> perspective to still be leading the pack:

> http://dojotoolkit.org/developer/a11yStatement

>

> Yahoo! User Interface

> They announced yesterday that "a handful of features" include support for

> accessibility:

> http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/10/02/yui-aria/

>

> Terry

>

> Terry Thompson

> Technology Accessibility Specialist

> DO-IT, Accessible Technology

> UW Technology Services

> University of Washington

> tft at u.washington.edu

> 206/221-4168

>

>

>

>

>

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On

>> Behalf Of Heidi Scher

>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 6:18 AM

>> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

>> Subject: [Athen] jQuery

>>

>> Happy Friday all!

>>

>> Just curious if anyone has any familiarity with web design using

>> JQuery?  If so, can you give me a quick idea of the accessibility

>> issues with using JQuery?

>>

>> Using it came up at our web techs meeting yesterday - first I'd heard

>> of it, so I'm more than curious now. One person described it as using

>> JAVA but if JAVA was turned off, the HTML would still be there.

>>

>> Enlightenment from anyone would be appreciated!

>>

>> Heidi

>>

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>> Center for Educational Access

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