WebA11y

• Why won’t tweetsville display my timeline anymore? Rebooted iPhone, cleared cache - I can see messages and favorites but timeline is blank? #
• Testing a tweet from tweetsville - timeline won’t display? Thus have been out of touch last few days #
• working on adding aria-readonly to the dojox.DataGrid #dojo #ARIA #a11y #
• Anyone know where pressing enter to submit a HTML form (that has submit btn) is defined? Can’t find in HTML spec but seems is std practice #

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• can u believe that pressing shift+enter works differently in IE 8 if my Local intranet options are set to auto detect local intranet ntwrk? #
• just finished presenting to 7th graders at local school - trying to interest them in engineering. Had them build bridges out of paper. Fun! #
• some days fighting to maintain keyboard support feels like a losing battle. Now fighting with IE about how to check for tabindex. #a11y #
• day off of work to visit elderly parents - although I think work would be easier #
• what’s up with Nambu thinking every tweet has replies???? #

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• OK so I should dig a bit further before jumping to conclusions - http://sphinx.pocoo.org/ can generate accessible HTML doc #
• Maybe a better question to ask is, “what format should be used for creating accessible Web base help?” #
• Any one know of resources comparing accessibility of CHM vs PDF formats? I need to get up to speed fast. Thx! #a11y #
• Committed the ondijitclick event handler changes - FINALLY! see http://bugs.dojotoolkit.org/changeset/17832 #
• FINALLY have rewrite of ondijitclick event handler complete Waiting for code review. Was in keyboard browser event hell for too long! #Dojo #

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• after all the a11y work I did on the DataGrid I get discouraged when people complain it isn’t accessible enough for their needs -sigh #dojo #

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• Not much tweeting lately. Struggling through keyboard event hell for unified handler for click, enter and space keys for dojo widgets #dojo #
• how do I run safari 3 and safari 4 beta on same machine? I guess I could use web kit daily rather than safari 4 beta if I have to. #
• Right NOW Attending ARIA Webinar via EASI http://easi.cc/entrance.htm #

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• RT @iStelios : Importance of HTML Headings for Accessibility - Raymond Selda Blog | http://tinyurl.com/qoght8 #a11y #
• Speaker lineup for the Ajax Exp in Boston: 48 men 1 woman. Not enough women with important titles I guess - how sad. #
• they are coming by to empty the office trash - must be time to go home! #
• MacBook Pro screen went black, could see and move the mouse but typing any characters just beeped at me. Had to reboot! #
• RT @kliehm (edited) WTF IE8 supports #ARIA, but many features only on Windows Vista+ http://is.gd/AJ5u http://is.gd/AJ5J #a11y good 2 know #

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• Got some embarrassingly stupid bugs fixed today. Had to admit my stupidity and lack of thorough testing. That’ll learn me! #dojo #
• More info on IEEE Accessing the Future Conference July 20-21 in Boston http://tinyurl.com/qs3hnv Hoping I’ll be there #
• Heading home from AccessU AUS to BOS #
• embarrassed by bug in dojo changeset [17496] have fix but need to test more when back home before I commit Don’t want to break twice! #Dojo #
• Arrived in Austin, TX for AccessU! #

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• worn out after visiting elder parents for the day. It is so hard to become the parent of your parents! #
• Getting ready for AccessU in Austin, Tx next week. There is still time to register for GREAT a11y training - http://tinyurl.com/clha33 #
• strange - col-resize and row-resize cursors are not visible in high contrast mode in Firefox when running in Parallels/WinXP on Mac?? #
• Just found Mitch Kapor (mkapor) on twitter!As an old time Lotus employee (joined in January 1984) I had to follow! #
• looking for keyboard accessible flash player that works in Firefox - any recommendations? #

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• great read! RT @slger123 Just posted my love story about my “talking ATM” at asyourworldchanges.wordpress.com. Talks so nicely. #
• Saw interesting prz by Dan Ingalls from Sun today on lively kernel. No a11y, yet bit pretty cool what they are doing with JavaScript #

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• Managed a SLOW 1.5 mile jog, walked the 2nd half. Will see how hip tendinitis is. Gotta start somewhere! #
• Sitting on the deck sipping sangria! Finally some nice weather! #
• off to tackle making drag and drop icons for dojox.DataGrid column reordering visible in high contrast mode - a11y job security, I guess! #
• keyboard navigation of hidden columns checked into the dojox.DataGrid as well as keyboard navigation into grid with hidden headers. #Dojo #
• trying to implement accessible bubble help - finding it is more difficult than I anticipated. Using Dojo dijit.TooltipDialog seems easiest! #

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