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From: Celeste Mackintosh
Date: Tue, Jan 26 2010 9:15PM
Subject: Image gallery script
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Hi there,

Could someone give me an opinion on this script?

http://www.twospy.com/galleriffic/example-2.html

I've had a play tabbing through and it seemed okay navigating with the keyboard to me, but the html the script generates isn't so useable. Would it be okay to provide an alternate version linked to above the gallery (and maybe hidden off the page) for screenreaders where captions that have links etc. are fully replicated? What do people think of this gallery?

Any advice would be really helpful!

Many thanks,

Celeste

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From: Keith Parks
Date: Wed, Jan 27 2010 3:27PM
Subject: Re: Image gallery script
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On Jan 26, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Celeste Mackintosh wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Could someone give me an opinion on this script?
>
> http://www.twospy.com/galleriffic/example-2.html
>
> I've had a play tabbing through and it seemed okay navigating with
> the keyboard to me, but the html the script generates isn't so
> useable. Would it be okay to provide an alternate version linked to
> above the gallery (and maybe hidden off the page) for screenreaders
> where captions that have links etc. are fully replicated? What do
> people think of this gallery?
>

I've been using the galleriffic + jquery combination for slide shows
for a while now. They seemed to me to be reasonably accessible if one
sets them up properly.

The one shortcoming that I recall is that the highlighting that shows
up on Hover does not also show up on Focus when tabbing. It may be
fixable in the css or js file, but I couldn't figure it out. It also
may not be a problem in IE (I do my development on a Mac, and frankly
can't recall if I tested that aspect in IE.)

As for the html side, I found that pretty straightforward, even easy:
a <ul> of thumbnail images, with links to the full-size versions. What
did you find not so usable about it?

******************************
Keith Parks
Graphic Designer/Web Designer
Student Affairs Communications Services
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-7444
(619) 594-1046
mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/communications

http://kparks.deviantart.com/gallery
----------------------------------------------------------

Yes We Can!*

*should not be interpreted to mean that we necessarily will

From: Celeste Mackintosh
Date: Wed, Jan 27 2010 3:48PM
Subject: Re: Image gallery script
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Hi Keith,

Thank you for this :)

I think it was the generated source when javascript is on - there's no link to the full-size image, and you lose all the caption information. The actual source is fine, it was just the generated source that I wondered whether there were issues with.

Celeste

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On Jan 26, 2010, at 8:13 PM, Celeste Mackintosh wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Could someone give me an opinion on this script?
>
> http://www.twospy.com/galleriffic/example-2.html
>
> I've had a play tabbing through and it seemed okay navigating with the
> keyboard to me, but the html the script generates isn't so useable.
> Would it be okay to provide an alternate version linked to above the
> gallery (and maybe hidden off the page) for screenreaders where
> captions that have links etc. are fully replicated? What do people
> think of this gallery?
>

I've been using the galleriffic + jquery combination for slide shows for a while now. They seemed to me to be reasonably accessible if one sets them up properly.

The one shortcoming that I recall is that the highlighting that shows up on Hover does not also show up on Focus when tabbing. It may be fixable in the css or js file, but I couldn't figure it out. It also may not be a problem in IE (I do my development on a Mac, and frankly can't recall if I tested that aspect in IE.)

As for the html side, I found that pretty straightforward, even easy:
a <ul> of thumbnail images, with links to the full-size versions. What did you find not so usable about it?

******************************
Keith Parks
Graphic Designer/Web Designer
Student Affairs Communications Services
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-7444
(619) 594-1046
mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/communications

http://kparks.deviantart.com/gallery
----------------------------------------------------------

Yes We Can!*

*should not be interpreted to mean that we necessarily will