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by bphogan 16y ago
I don't want to hire people who "paid their dues" but I do want to hire passionate people, and those that contribute to OSS seem to be the ones actually interested in programming, and that gives them a higher chance of getting along with me
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by bphogan 16y ago
I disagree. Test coverage is a wonderful metric. 100% coverage is a feel-good metric. I can easily achieve 100% coverage with bad tests. But I routinely use coverage as my guide to find things that might benefit from further testing, as in
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by bphogan 16y ago
I routinely test web applications with screen reading software; I am partially sighted so I have an interest in developing things that work well with screenreaders. I highly recommend "being blind" when you test the things you build, and th
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by bphogan 16y ago
I have run a site called RailsMentors ( http://railsmentors.org/ ) for over a year that links up people looking for help with experienced Rails and Ruby developers that graciously donate their time. I'd love to see you contribute there as w
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by bphogan 16y ago
Volunteer on http://railsmentors.org - we'd love to have you.
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by bphogan 16y ago
I don't know how I can answer this. I suppose I could make a comment about how we don't even have browsers for the sighted that can understand the code that some developers throw up on pages. Or I could say "Find 10 pages, and quickly deter
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by bphogan 16y ago
Replaced with video from Vimeo. Hope that helps everyone.
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by bphogan 16y ago
The point of the article was not to pick on Twitter. While using a tool like AccessibleTwitter is great for that particular example, it's not fixing the real problem - people will run into problems with modern websites, and simple things ca
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by bphogan 16y ago
There's a Firefox extension called Fangs that I use, but it's not that great. I plan to have some posts soon that talk about tools. JAWS for Windows gives you a 45 minute trial. All you need to do to restart the trial is to reboot your mach
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by bphogan 16y ago
That's unfortunate. It's using videojs, from http://videojs.com Can I ask what OS you're working with? The full video is at http://napcsweb.com/files/video/01_screenreader/01_screenrea... or http://napcsweb.com/files/video/01_screenrea
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by bphogan 16y ago
3.0.1 is a security vuln fix. I don't think it contains this ARel stuff.
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by bphogan 16y ago
eh, from my experience the iPad does have "tap-to-hover" support which is pretty nice actually. Many hover-only events do work, even ones that haven't been written to support iOS-specific events. So they're doing something.
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by bphogan 16y ago
Recently, I had to implement that, and it came down to this: The multiple file upload functionality is an "icing" feature. We just set up the UI to upload one file at a time. Accessibility doesn't have to mean "it works the same". Reasonabl
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by bphogan 16y ago
No, I don't think I ever said JS was bad. I said I'm saddened by developers who use hovers, and by developers who think it's too hard to do non-JS versions of sites. I personally love using JS to improve the user experience. I think it's pr
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by bphogan 16y ago
I am aggravated by the developers because developers are the ones who confuse interactions (clicks) with invitations to interact (hovers). When I move my mouse, my viewport moves. That's by design, as the mouse pointer can be placed near wo
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by bphogan 16y ago
If you haven't got the experience, then yes, it's going to seem like two times the work. But I am a low vision user who disables JavaScript often because developers don't understand that jut because I stopped moving my mouse doesn't mean I
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by bphogan 16y ago
It's plain text, it's just not freeform. But that's nitpicking either way. It's human readable, and I took issue with the 'such a waste' comment, because it's proved value for us many times over. EmailSpec gives me step definitions for deal
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by bphogan 16y ago
It's far from wasteful for us. The stories we write are exactly plain text which we have successfully had clients help us write. Unfortunately some programmers don't speak "plain text" and insist on writing code-like stories using "tables"
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by bphogan 16y ago
Subdomains are the way to go. After 5 years of trying to house web applications within subdirectories of subdirectories of sites for our university, we've grown tired of the endless configuration nightmares that many apps require. Sticking
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by bphogan 16y ago
This is exactly why I started doing training and writing, which led me to my current gig at the Pragmatic Bookshelf - I get to work with smart people who want my help. I get to see people succeed, and I get to share in the success instead o
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by bphogan 16y ago
This type of editorializing is absolutely out of line. Ian is obviously trying to understand the other side, which is more than many developers ever try to do. As a low vision user of the web since its beginnings, I have encountered site af
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by bphogan 16y ago
Pivotal Tracker is one of my favorite apps as a developer, but it is a great example of a site that has a very unfriendly interface for low vision users. There are no functions on PT that require javaScript. The interface is great becaus
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by bphogan 16y ago
The only thing that really stands out is the video. There's no transcript for the video or any real narration. It's a wonderful product, and the video does a great job of explaining to a person who can see well what the product will do, but
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by bphogan 16y ago
I was replying specifically to "When a corporate pays for software, they are paying for peace-of-mind and assurance more than the bits that make up the app." The peace of mind part. And that support contract still hasn't provided a fix for
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by bphogan 16y ago
That's true for Office and software packages like Webmail. But if you build a system using Microsoft's tools and you ask for support, they'll tell you that the problem is with your code, not their tools. They'll support issues with your web
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by bphogan 16y ago
I'd check it with a screenreader. Freedom Scientific gives you a 45 minute demo of JAWS. After 45 minutes, it doesn't work until you reboot your computer. Kinda nice for testing sites.
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by bphogan 16y ago
Well said and exactly the message I hope to spread with this. At the end of the day accessibility means accessible to all.
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by bphogan 16y ago
Screen readers are only part of the problem. A colorblind user might not even notice that something changed. :) I'll definitely cover some tips on how this works. I have a chapter in http://www.pragpub.com/titles/bhh5/ that shows how to u
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by bphogan 16y ago
if the label wraps the form field it's associated with, you should be ok. However, the "alt" attribute is completely inappropriate for tooltips. If you're looking to do something like that you should provide real tooltip functionality eithe
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by bphogan 16y ago
I understand how you feel. I've worked for startups that felt that way. If you've decided it's not worth it to focus on accessibility, I doubt I can change your mind with a few words on this HN post, especially if you can't make yourself ca

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