Lol, yes, I know.
I forgot to mention that, thanks to there not being enough time on this
planet, this website is doubling as a final project in two of my
classes. That menu, as well as the links for games and animations are
part of that. Once that is over with, they'll likely be removed. At the
moment there isn't much accessibility built-in, but I plan on making it
as accessible as possible once I'm ready to finalize that menu. I'm also
going to make sure and have an alternate, non-Flash, static menu for
those that can't use Flash, which I do regardless.
But, I agree that using a Flash menu on the site doesn't really fit, but
at the same time, I'd like to discuss using accessible Flash, which
doesn't seem to be mentioned very often in standards texts. In fact, I
didn't even realize this, but Flash has some support for screen-readers
and various things, along with the fact that you can take out the
screen-reader and make it fully accessible in it's own regards.
David Storey wrote:
Opera may be working on educational material of our own, through our
Developer relations and Dev.opera.com work. I'll take a look, but as
a quick first suggestion, it may not be the best idea to use a flash
menu in a standards site. I'm not sure if you've put much
accessibility work into it, but it is a core part of the site and wont
work on a number of devices where Adobe don't make flash available or
there are not enough resources for it to run.
David
On 27 Nov 2007, at 19:18, Christian Snodgrass wrote:
Hello,
I am going to be giving a presentation on Web Standards to all
relevant professors at my university to help them catch up and get
up-to-date in what they are teaching the students. I am putting
together various resources for them, including a website (which can
be found at http://www.arwebdesign.net/webstandards), a slideshow
presentation (or possibly several), and any other resources they
might find useful. This will be on ongoing project, with plans for me
to do a new presentation at least once a semester and for me to
continually update the website with new information, resources, and
to send out a newsletter to them answering any questions they have
and what not. While this is being designed specifically for my
university, it is open to anyone who finds the information helpful.
Since this is the Web Standards group, I'd like to ask if some
members would be willing to look over the information I have gathered
and I am developing and would comment, critique, correct, etc. on
everything I have presented. The website is in it's very early stages
as I am still working on the actual content of the site before I
worry about the website itself. I have uploaded the current plans for
navigation and a skeletal outline of the information I plan on
presenting to
http://www.arwebdesign.net/webstandards/files/outline.pdf (also
available in .odt). If you could look over the topics I plan to cover
and give any recommendations of any topics or sub-topics you think I
missed, I'd be very grateful. This presentation is only an hour long,
but all of the information will be available online, so even topics I
don't get to cover they can view online. I will be updating the
outline continually throughout the next several days, as well as the
website, so check them out regularly if you are able to.
Once again, thanks for your help,
Christian Snodgrass
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