Comments for Gian Wild http://www.gianwild.com Practical accessibility Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:16:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on I’m keynoting Drupal DownUnder 2012 by Gian http://www.gianwild.com/2012/01/12/im-keynoting-drupal-downunder-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-2161 Gian Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:16:26 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=763#comment-2161 Hi SEO Joe Unfortunately there's no email subscription - just plain old RSS! Cheers, Gian Hi SEO Joe
Unfortunately there’s no email subscription – just plain old RSS!
Cheers,
Gian

]]> Comment on I’m keynoting Drupal DownUnder 2012 by Gian http://www.gianwild.com/2012/01/12/im-keynoting-drupal-downunder-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-2160 Gian Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:15:52 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=763#comment-2160 Hi Richard I would say the deficiency lies with both adaptive technologies and browsers. However, I am also very aware that adaptive technology manufacturers have very limited resources - much more so than your average browser company. Cheers, Gian Hi Richard
I would say the deficiency lies with both adaptive technologies and browsers. However, I am also very aware that adaptive technology manufacturers have very limited resources – much more so than your average browser company.
Cheers,
Gian

]]> Comment on I’m keynoting Drupal DownUnder 2012 by Richard Hayward http://www.gianwild.com/2012/01/12/im-keynoting-drupal-downunder-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Richard Hayward Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:20:36 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=763#comment-2159 Hi Gian, thanks for your presentation at DDU2012, it was really great. One question, I made a note about your view of HTML 5, and the need to have a fallback for HTML 4. Where in your view does the deficiency lie, in HTML 5, adaptive technologies or browsers? We are facing browser compatibility issues with HTML 5 e.g. with Internet Explorer 7. Thanks again. Hi Gian, thanks for your presentation at DDU2012, it was really great. One question, I made a note about your view of HTML 5, and the need to have a fallback for HTML 4. Where in your view does the deficiency lie, in HTML 5, adaptive technologies or browsers? We are facing browser compatibility issues with HTML 5 e.g. with Internet Explorer 7. Thanks again.

]]> Comment on I’m keynoting Drupal DownUnder 2012 by Seojoe http://www.gianwild.com/2012/01/12/im-keynoting-drupal-downunder-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 Seojoe Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:25:37 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=763#comment-2157 Great presentation. I asked the question on math captcha at your keynote. I didn't find an email subscription to your blog. Can you add this email to your blog posts on accessibility. Great presentation. I asked the question on math captcha at your keynote. I didn’t find an email subscription to your blog. Can you add this email to your blog posts on accessibility.

]]> Comment on Gian Wild speaking at Web Directions South by Justin http://www.gianwild.com/2011/10/05/737/comment-page-1/#comment-2132 Justin Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:08:32 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=737#comment-2132 I missed the talk at the conference but am keen to see the slides and your posts when you're finished. I missed the talk at the conference but am keen to see the slides and your posts when you’re finished.

]]> Comment on Gian Wild endorses BrowseAloud by Brendan Paholski http://www.gianwild.com/2010/10/17/gian-wild-endorses-browsealoud/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 Brendan Paholski Sun, 15 May 2011 23:02:50 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=477#comment-2118 Hi, I like the idea of browsealoud, but although tis use on a website is signified by a yellow tick, it's quite hard to find an accessible website to test it out. Can you help woth this? Hi,
I like the idea of browsealoud, but although tis use on a website is signified by a yellow tick, it’s quite hard to find an accessible website to test it out. Can you help woth this?

]]> Comment on Yes I’m recommending WCAG2 now by AlastairC http://www.gianwild.com/2011/04/01/yes-im-recommending-wcag2-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 AlastairC Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:43:07 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=634#comment-2076 Hi Gian, Interesting points, it has been a while since I've thought back to WCAG 1. Isn't WCAG1 4.1 covered by 'language of the parts' (3.1.2), which is level AA in WCAG2. It also resolved the weirdness where changing a language was single-A, but setting it in the first place was triple-A! I take the WCAG2 1.3 section to cover WCAG1's 6.1, where the stylesheet aspect is technology specific, and the newer guidelines are generalised. Testing 1.3.2 as a keyboard user (that can see the screen) often brings out those sorts of issues. I agree the scripting aspect is difficult, how progressive you can be with it probably depends on the site and audience. However, I'd rather developers created what they want to *and* apply things like WAI-ARIA, than ignore accessibility altogether. 14.1 is difficult, but whenever I do accessibility related training or presentations I describe plain-language as the way to "help more people than any single checkpoint". It is essentially a usability thing that affects some people with disabilities more than the general population. Hi Gian,

Interesting points, it has been a while since I’ve thought back to WCAG 1.

Isn’t WCAG1 4.1 covered by ‘language of the parts’ (3.1.2), which is level AA in WCAG2. It also resolved the weirdness where changing a language was single-A, but setting it in the first place was triple-A!

I take the WCAG2 1.3 section to cover WCAG1′s 6.1, where the stylesheet aspect is technology specific, and the newer guidelines are generalised. Testing 1.3.2 as a keyboard user (that can see the screen) often brings out those sorts of issues.

I agree the scripting aspect is difficult, how progressive you can be with it probably depends on the site and audience.
However, I’d rather developers created what they want to *and* apply things like WAI-ARIA, than ignore accessibility altogether.

14.1 is difficult, but whenever I do accessibility related training or presentations I describe plain-language as the way to “help more people than any single checkpoint”. It is essentially a usability thing that affects some people with disabilities more than the general population.

]]> Comment on Yes I’m recommending WCAG2 now by Glen Wallis http://www.gianwild.com/2011/04/01/yes-im-recommending-wcag2-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2075 Glen Wallis Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:15:48 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=634#comment-2075 Whilst there are no specific success criteria in WCAG 2.0 requiring sites to work with JavaScript and CSS disabled, I believe that conformance requirements 4 and 5 cover both situations. When any technology that is not relied upon is turned off or not supported in a user agent, the site still needs to be accessible. That is the argument I use. Whilst there are no specific success criteria in WCAG 2.0 requiring sites to work with JavaScript and CSS disabled, I believe that conformance requirements 4 and 5 cover both situations. When any technology that is not relied upon is turned off or not supported in a user agent, the site still needs to be accessible. That is the argument I use.

]]> Comment on Why I’m sticking with WCAG1… for now by Yes I’m recommending WCAG2 now « Gian Wild http://www.gianwild.com/2010/03/15/why-im-sticking-with-wcag1-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2073 Yes I’m recommending WCAG2 now « Gian Wild Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=303#comment-2073 [...] wanting to know if they should be trying to comply with WCAG1 or WCAG2. They had read my article: Why I’m sticking with WCAG1… for now, and wanted to check if my opinion still held. I wrote that post a little over a year ago, and [...] [...] wanting to know if they should be trying to comply with WCAG1 or WCAG2. They had read my article: Why I’m sticking with WCAG1… for now, and wanted to check if my opinion still held. I wrote that post a little over a year ago, and [...]

]]> Comment on Between a rock and a PDF by PETER http://www.gianwild.com/2010/12/31/between-a-rock-and-a-pdf/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 PETER Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:59:39 +0000 http://www.gianwild.com/?p=587#comment-2072 Its a shame we were overlooked, as an Australian company, we produced (now taken off) a touch screen PDF Reader that easily read out documents and moved from one function to another by the singular TAB key. We have just put our FREE reader online and probably is the only one in the world that can also SAVE your FILLED IN FORMS. For Government and Corporate its only a few hundred dollars for an entire site. Check out www.pdfaction.com. Its a shame we were overlooked, as an Australian company, we produced (now taken off) a touch screen PDF Reader that easily read out documents and moved from one function to another by the singular TAB key.
We have just put our FREE reader online and probably is the only one in the world that can also SAVE your FILLED IN FORMS. For Government and Corporate its only a few hundred dollars for an entire site. Check out http://www.pdfaction.com.

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