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Re: JavaScript Frameworks/Libraries that Include Built-in Accessibility and Accessibility Checks for Unit Testing

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Dec 1, 2015 7:40AM

On 01/12/2015 14:27, Jonathan H wrote:
> On 1 December 2015 at 14:10, Humbert, Joe < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> 1. Bootstrap Accessibility Plug-in:
>
> I could be talking rot as I can't find the link, but I think I read
> that all the recommendations from the plugin had been rolled into the
> main bootstrap code and had been abandoned?
> It's well behind the current version of bootstrap, and hasn't been
> updated since 2nd September.

Not *all* recommendations (as some were/are a bit specific too specific
for the more general usage patterns allowed by Bootstrap), but I think a
large chunk of the low-hanging fruit has been patched directly in core.

> Also, with Bootstrap 4 just around the corner, personally I'd wait and
> see what sort of baked-in accessibility that has. Just my 2p/c on that
> one!

Complex widgets like carousels etc still lag way behind. Any
help/hints/ideas would be appreciated though.

https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/issues/18004

Cheers,

P
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