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The Unbearable Inaccessibility of Slideshows
@gian wrote: Originally published at: http://www.sitepoint.com/unbearable-accessible-slideshow/Slideshow. Slider. Carousel. Whatever you call them, they’re ubiquitous on organizational home pages...
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The Unbearable Inaccessibility of Slideshows
@TechnoBear wrote: gian: The biggest problem with these slideshows is that they cannot be paused by the user. The next most serious problem is that neither is keyboard accessible. You have no idea how...
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@jeffreylees wrote: I think this may be the first time in awhile that my knee jerk reaction to an article (in this case, "Yeah, yeah, another whining piece about modern and/or current UI practices")...
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@Vincent_Young wrote: Great and much needed article. I think we should be careful about suggesting alternative formats. Other alternatives would be to rethink your approach and implementation. I think...
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@mjmcleod wrote: To be honest leaving role="listbox" in there was an oversight: we were trying a few things out and that got left in accidentally. Thanks for spotting it! Read full topic
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@GrahamArmfield wrote: Very useful article Gian. I've been contemplating building an accessible carousel for a while so I'm really looking forward to part 2 of the article. I've been doing a lot of...
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@Michael_Morris wrote: http://shouldiuseacarousel.com/ I have to code the damn things all the time anyway since clients love them, but I personally loathe them. Read full topic
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@jebswebs wrote: Thank you for this article. I too have struggled with the lack of appropriate, accessible slideshow plugins and/or code to accomplish this feature. But let me throw a wrench into the...
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@mjmcleod wrote: We're still thinking about how we want to handle the position indicators, but yes, that does sound like a pretty reasonable way to approach it. Read full topic
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@mjmcleod wrote: This is something we've thought about. Stay posted for the next article! Read full topic
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@Thierry wrote: If you have to build those, at least use the proper styling: http://www.cssmojo.com/how-to-style-a-carousel/</shameless plug> Read full topic
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@peanar wrote: Great article. Slideshows become a real pain in the rear on mobile devices no matter how carefully they're designed. I try to avoid using slideshows as much as possible. Read full topic
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@Dona_Patrick wrote: Thanks for this article Gian. I wish I'd seen it earlier! I am definitely going to distribute the link to our developers and project managers. Maybe they can convince our clients...
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