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From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Tue, Jan 28 2014 8:20PM
Subject: status of Twitter Bootstrap and accessibility
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Greetings to those on WebAIM interested in improving accessibility of
Bootstrap:

I'm happy to add this exciting news to this thread!
I started it, and a couple of others, last spring and summer.

paypal/bootstrap-accessibility-plugin
<https://github.com/paypal/bootstrap-accessibility-plugin>https://github.com/paypal/bootstrap-accessibility-plugin


I'm bcc-ing some who have been interested in this topic, in the past
(or who may be, at some point), so apologies for any duplication.

I'm sure the great accessibility folks at Paypal will welcome
feedback and thanks, so please join me in commending them in whatever
way(s) work for you.

Jennifer

From: lists
Date: Tue, Jan 28 2014 8:52PM
Subject: Re: status of Twitter Bootstrap and accessibility
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Thank you Jennifer for kind words and for sharing the link on this list (you did my job, so thank you!)

Folks, we appreciate the feedback and of course contributions to the work! Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Mobile: +91 990 081 0881
Website: http://www.srinivasu.org |http://sgaccessibility.com
Follow me on Twitter:http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu

Sr. Accessibility Lead at PayPal
Founder at Sai Gagan Accessibility Solutions
Hon. Joint Secretary at The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch
http://about.me/srinivasuc

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> On 29-Jan-2014, at 8:50, Jennifer Sutton < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Greetings to those on WebAIM interested in improving accessibility of Bootstrap:
>
> I'm happy to add this exciting news to this thread!
> I started it, and a couple of others, last spring and summer.
>
> paypal/bootstrap-accessibility-plugin
> <https://github.com/paypal/bootstrap-accessibility-plugin>https://github.com/paypal/bootstrap-accessibility-plugin
>
>
> I'm bcc-ing some who have been interested in this topic, in the past (or who may be, at some point), so apologies for any duplication.
>
> I'm sure the great accessibility folks at Paypal will welcome feedback and thanks, so please join me in commending them in whatever way(s) work for you.
>
> Jennifer
> > >

From: Greg Gamble
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 8:57AM
Subject: Re: status of Twitter Bootstrap and accessibility
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Awesome job ... this is what makes bootstrap so great ... the bootstrap community.


Greg

From: Jennifer Sutton
Date: Fri, Jan 31 2014 9:04AM
Subject: Re: status of Twitter Bootstrap and accessibility
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Oh, but I think it's very important to put credit where it's due, and
that's directly in the hands of PayPal.

While I'm very pleased about PayPal's contribution, what will really
make the Bootstrap community great is if the Bootstrap project
leadership demonstrates commitment and incorporates the plugin
promptly and directly into core. And they need also to do whatever
they can to help combat potential breakage, not to mention to
actively work to fill any other identified gaps. In short, I hope
this plugin can be used to begin to foster best accessibility
practices. Accessibility should not be a niche people choose; it
should be a given, as the default.

That we have had such limited access to components, and that the
out-of-the-box experience has been poor for so long, would not be
things I'd put on the "great" list. Greg, your experience has not
reflected mine, nor many others with whom I've been in contact since
last May. It all depends on one's needs, I suppose.

What's great is that PayPal is committed to sharing so very much of
what they do. So, thanks again, PayPal.

Jennifer

At 07:57 AM 1/31/2014, you wrote:
>Awesome job ... this is what makes bootstrap so great ...
>the bootstrap community.
>
>
>Greg