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From: Brian Lovely
Date: Oct 29, 2015 2:20PM

Good points, Jennifer. …and sometimes a simple input with a date mask, or an html5 date input provides more universal usability than a fancy calendar widget.


Brian Lovely
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> On Oct 29, 2015, at 4:08 PM, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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> I'll try again.
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> First of all, I'm well aware of what jQuery hasn't done/isn't doing.
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> Second, I'm well aware that there are a *lot* of these libraries, so any that are chosen should be considered to see if they're actually being maintained/still work. I'm not going to bother to list probably a half a dozen that I could.
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> But finally, and again trying to repeat my larger point, take care that you're following standard best practices with these ARIA controls, rather than inventing *new* keyboard commands that people will never learn anmd that conflict with keystroke combos already in use.
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> Study history, so you don't repeat some of the wrong turns that have been taken in the past. That's all.
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> And good luck.
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> Jennifer
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