Tools & technologies to watch or avoid Tools & technologies to watch or avoid http://www.flickr.com/photos/1922398858_f098806313_b accessibility 2.0 : a million flowers bloom accessibility 2.0 : a million flowers bloom 25/04/08
May 06, 2015
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 - [email protected] : CC BY-NC-SA