Tools and Technologies to watch or avoid for accessibility 2.0

Tools & technologies to watch or avoidTools & technologies to watch or avoid

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1922398858_f098806313_b

accessibility 2.0 : a million flowers bloomaccessibility 2.0 : a million flowers bloom

25/04/08

OverviewOverview

● the participatory revolution

● many examples of good and bad practice

● some principles to take away

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammcgrath/429230598/

The participatory revolutionThe participatory revolution

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammcgrath/429230598/

““Get web savvy or we die...”Get web savvy or we die...”

The audience/participations are in controlThe audience/participations are in control

The user controlled revolutionThe user controlled revolution

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sinistergiraffee

Accessibility isn't a one way streetAccessibility isn't a one way street

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgettakesapicture/2240511988/

We are all unique and disabledWe are all unique and disabled

http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/646403383/

Think separation of concernsThink separation of concerns

This is how the web was imaginedThis is how the web was imagined

The good, bad and terrible examplesThe good, bad and terrible examples

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammcgrath/429230598/

Untrusted servicesUntrusted services

Social networking gone badSocial networking gone bad

This is the definition of phishingThis is the definition of phishing

Permission based systemPermission based system

OpenID and OauthOpenID and Oauth

OpenID login redirects are troublesomeOpenID login redirects are troublesome

OpenID doesn't work on most phonesOpenID doesn't work on most phones

OpenID helper applicationsOpenID helper applications

Moving your friends listMoving your friends list

Social network portabilitySocial network portability

Transferring contentTransferring content

Transferring contentTransferring content

Forced account removalForced account removal

Plain english Eula?Plain english Eula?

“By posting User Content to any part of the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to the Company an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, publicly perform, publicly display, reformat, translate, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such User Content for any purpose, commercial, advertising, or otherwise, on or in connection with the Site or the promotion thereof, to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such User Content, and to grant and authorize sublicenses of the foregoing.”

Creative commons licensing structureCreative commons licensing structure

● legal document

● machine readable licence

● human readable licence

Creative commons licensingCreative commons licensing

Proprietary video toolsProprietary video tools

15mins into the video15mins into the video

Flash in a silo is no goodFlash in a silo is no good

Not getting the flash experience?Not getting the flash experience?

Not all players are equalNot all players are equal

Participating openlyParticipating openly

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iconolith/145162224/

licenses are good for accessibilitylicenses are good for accessibility

Define your licence is this simpleDefine your licence is this simple

Can I only share the link?Can I only share the link?

Tell me I can do moreTell me I can do more

A sign that your welcomeA sign that your welcome

Open collaborationOpen collaboration

Off-line geological informationOff-line geological information

Offline geological informationOffline geological information

● Open Geospatial Consortium has put out Google's KML as one of their industrial standards.

● KML is an XML language focused on geographic visualization, including annotation of maps and images. Geographic visualization includes not only the presentation of graphical data on the globe, but also the control of the user’s navigation in the sense of where to go and where to look.

Exporting collaborative worksExporting collaborative works

Off-line support for on-line documentsOff-line support for on-line documents

Multiple ways to collaborateMultiple ways to collaborate

Its 1997 all over again?Its 1997 all over again?

Accessibility is an after thought?Accessibility is an after thought?

Open source alternativesOpen source alternatives

Using the correct stackUsing the correct stack

Perma-linked mediaPerma-linked media

Deep and permanent linkingDeep and permanent linking

● http://www.cubicgarden.com/blojsom/blog/cubicgarden/socialsoftware/offline/2008/04/23/Sorry-all-Im-mainly-offline-due-to-my-move-to-Manchester.html

● http://shurl.org/manu2

Perma-linked MediaPerma-linked Media

Video/Audio downloadsVideo/Audio downloads

Perma-linking document pagesPerma-linking document pages

Adding context to perma-linksAdding context to perma-links

● Xlink

– Supports richer information about link types and the roles for each resource that an XLink connects. Also supports to and from, for 2 way linking

● Xpointer

– is a system for addressing components of XML based internet media.

Perma-links into media blobsPerma-links into media blobs

Audio perma-linksAudio perma-links

Audio excerptsAudio excerpts

Video excerptsVideo excerpts

Audio transcriptsAudio transcripts

Pulling data out of binary objectsPulling data out of binary objects

Self describing objectsSelf describing objects

sharing content and knowledgesharing content and knowledge

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimax/319342240/

RSS feeds RSS feeds

http://www.flickr.com/photos/torchondo/493773202/

Export of dataExport of data

MicroformatsMicroformats

Aggregation across sitesAggregation across sites

Sharing of contentSharing of content

Convert flash video to anythingConvert flash video to anything

Open API'sOpen API's

Microsoft open's upMicrosoft open's up

Smart visualisationsSmart visualisations

Smart visualisationsSmart visualisations

Think outside the boxThink outside the box

Tools to aid participationTools to aid participation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/technopops/117494977

Applescript + AutomatorApplescript + Automator

ConduitConduit

Yahoo! PipesYahoo! Pipes

Enable a API from any on-line sourceEnable a API from any on-line source

UserscriptsUserscripts

UserscriptsUserscripts

Principles to take awayPrinciples to take away

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adammcgrath/429230598/

The web is about dataThe web is about data

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgettakesapicture/2240511988/

● we are all disabled in some form

● provide alternative views on your data/content

● support open standards whenever possible

● participation should be global

● separate your concerns

● look at the Wai-Aria specification

● sharing of content can only be a good thing

You are no longer in controlYou are no longer in control

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadgettakesapicture/2240511988/

Thank you, any questions?Thank you, any questions?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dogseat/436402348/

http://www.cubicgarden.com

Ian Forrester - ian.forrester@bbc.co.ukPresentation : CC BY-NC-SA