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Re: Community for testing widgets

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From: Sean Murphy
Date: Apr 15, 2016 12:04AM

This sounds like an excellent initiative. As many vendors who create toolkits for the Web seem not to include accessibility from my experience. Would be glad to have a look.
> On 15 Apr 2016, at 12:07 am, Robert Fentress < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> I've heard some folks mention previously that it would be useful to have a
> standard set of interactive widgets that had been pre-vetted for
> accessibility, so that folks didn't have to reinvent the wheel every time.
> I know that others have developed libraries of such widgets, but they don't
> always meet my needs or I may disagree with the approach the developer has
> taken. I've been developing my own widgets for particular needs that arise
> at my institution that I wouldn't mind others using, but it would be
> helpful if there was a community of people in similar situations who would
> help test them out to make sure I haven't overlooked anything from an
> accessibility perspective. A couple of times, I have posted links to those
> widgets here and have asked for feedback, but I feel like I may be pushing
> the limits of what this list is for. Does anybody know if there is a
> better forum for getting this sort of feedback on widgets you've
> developed? I would think there are many others who are probably in the
> same boat.
>
> Best,
> Rob
>
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