Maurice
Your opinion seems to have moderated over the last 24-48 hours. Two days ago you were vehemently telling me that if I did not make my web applications work with Javascript disabled, I would be breaking the law. Fortunately for me I was not one of the ones labelled an "idiot" (at least not directly).
Now you seem to be agreeing with me - i.e. that it is perfectly possible to fulfil one' accessibility obligations by careful use of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
Were you just playing Devil's Advocate?
Kevin
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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Maurice O'Prey
Sent: 30 January 2013 09:04
To: 'Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
Subject: Re: [WEB400] DB Maintenance Design Patterns
Nathan
Let me re-iterate my opinion to avoid further confusion.
Firstly I have absolutely no issue with JavaScript. I use it (and the JQuery libraries in every project I build). I will be using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript to build windows 8 apps as these are skills I already have and I am standardising on jQueryMobile for mobile web apps.
Secondly there is a legal (and a moral) requirement for every developer to make their applications accessible to all. This can be achieved through careful use of the technologies available HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.
Provided you take into account accessibility you are free to develop as you see fit. Just be careful that you do not create an application which cannot be "dumbed down as you call it Nathan" otherwise you will be denying access to certain groups of people.
The population of the earth is nearly 7 Billion according to
https://www.google.co.uk/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_pop_t
otl&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=earth%20population and if only 1% of those people cannot use your application that is 7 Million People! (fancy getting tweets from all of those?)
Nathan - I concede you can build accessible JavaScript and I commend you on your efforts such as shortcut keys etc.
The issue of screen resolution is a huge one and I suggest we don't really go there except to say that this is another area where we as developers must abide by existing constraints as there are still a large number of people out there using 1024 x 768 screen resolutions. We could talk for days about responsive designs, fixed width, fluid, media queries and so forth. Build as you see fit (we are all in the same boat). The web begins with and ends with HTML
- Maurice
Do you have the means to optimally cover the needs of all types of users?
We face a similar concern with a wide range of screen sizes and resolutions.
Do you design for a 25" monitor, a tablet, or a cell phone?
How do you adapt to a wide variety of screens? Or, are vertical and horizontal scroll-bars your friends?
-Nathan
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