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From: Robert Fentress
Date: Apr 15, 2016 7:36AM

Thanks, folks. Anyone else who is interested in participating, email me,
and I'll include you. Sounds like the A11Y Project (http://a11yproject.com/)
might have similar goals in mind, though, their decision to manage
contributions with GitHub, Ruby, Jekyl Sass, and Markdown, may be a
disincentive for some. I've just been putting stuff up on CodePen.
Anyway, if you shoot me an email we'll figure something out.

Best,
Rob

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Rob I think this is a good idea, certainly will look and find those
> previous links you mention.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Murphy [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 12:05 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Community for testing widgets
>
> 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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> >
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> > > > > >



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