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From: Kathryn.Frederick@ood.ohio.gov
Date: Sep 23, 2020 1:03PM

Thanks for this link. I found it ironic the bookmark/share article buttons weren't labeled. Nevertheless, I appreciate the share. 😊

Katie Frederick, Program Administrator

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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Evaluating Twitter Feed

Also meant to mention you can get some info at
https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhelp.twitter.com%2Fen%2Fusing-twitter%2Fembed-twitter-feed&amp;data%7C01%7Ckathryn.frederick%40ood.ohio.gov%7C84f3e84fe02a404a92c308d85ff1bded%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637364839163537858&amp;sdata=g%2B98t20C3aczt28owRV614fa9Hg%2FvWcGcGzYHbLdcwE%3D&amp;reserved=0

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 12:50 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> After you agree to a 30+ page terms and conditions page,
> https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeve
> loper.twitter.com%2Fen%2Fdeveloper-terms%2Fagreement-and-policy&amp;da
> ta%7C01%7Ckathryn.frederick%40ood.ohio.gov%7C84f3e84fe02a404a92c308
> d85ff1bded%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C63736483916354
> 2836&amp;sdata=vrmffGklpu88Yy84hyOVyoNv1GO5Ok%2FgB6avimfAVAA%3D&amp;re
> served=0, you can create a feed via
> https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpubl
> ish.twitter.com%2F&amp;data%7C01%7Ckathryn.frederick%40ood.ohio.gov%7C84f3e84fe02a404a92c308d85ff1bded%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637364839163542836&amp;sdata=qPyPk5MJQkzUb%2FBpITZjUdpJ9sRJYFwefccyNnU2FOA%3D&amp;reserved=0. I played with it for a minute and there aren't many options ("set customization options"
> button). You can specify the size (width/height) of the element, a
> light/dark color theme, and the language. The feed itself is embedded
> with an iframe, which isn't surprising. The language seems to
> propagate down such that the lang property is set on the first main <div> in the <body>.
> The feed always seems to have a "load more tweets" (or "Weitere Tweets
> laden" in my German test case) button at the bottom so there isn't an
> infinite scroll problem. But you do have to tab forever to get
> through it. From a conformance perspective, tabbing forever isn't a
> strict failure. From a UX perspective, it'd be nice to have a "skip tweets area"
> link.
>
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