Comments on: Accessible Google Charts http://ajaxian.com/archives/accessible-google-charts Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Aphrodisiac http://ajaxian.com/archives/accessible-google-charts/comment-page-1#comment-266268 Aphrodisiac Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:13:07 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3189#comment-266268 Excellent info thanks Excellent info thanks

]]> By: dkubb http://ajaxian.com/archives/accessible-google-charts/comment-page-1#comment-260648 dkubb Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:26:23 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3189#comment-260648 @deadcabbit: I've built apps using standard approaches, as well as unobtrusive JS, and I've got to say that unobtrusive method usually ends up being alot easier to build and test in the end. I think the reason is that when you build unobtrusively, you build a -- fully functional -- app using plain HTML and then add a JS behavior layer afterwards, with the key being that you have a fully working app to test before the JS is added. I for one would like to see more charting libraries use tables as their default datasource, not just something added on later. @deadcabbit: I’ve built apps using standard approaches, as well as unobtrusive JS, and I’ve got to say that unobtrusive method usually ends up being alot easier to build and test in the end.

I think the reason is that when you build unobtrusively, you build a — fully functional — app using plain HTML and then add a JS behavior layer afterwards, with the key being that you have a fully working app to test before the JS is added.

I for one would like to see more charting libraries use tables as their
default datasource, not just something added on later.

]]> By: Joeri http://ajaxian.com/archives/accessible-google-charts/comment-page-1#comment-260481 Joeri Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:15:16 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3189#comment-260481 Deadcabbit: you're right, in a perfect world we should be building this into all applications anyway. In the real world, accessibility is a feature, and it is way down on the feature list, so it gets bumped into some indeterminate future for most classes of applications. Until we get tools that make it just as easy to build accessible apps as it is to build non-accessible apps, I'm afraid this isn't going to change (much). Deadcabbit: you’re right, in a perfect world we should be building this into all applications anyway. In the real world, accessibility is a feature, and it is way down on the feature list, so it gets bumped into some indeterminate future for most classes of applications. Until we get tools that make it just as easy to build accessible apps as it is to build non-accessible apps, I’m afraid this isn’t going to change (much).

]]> By: deadcabbit http://ajaxian.com/archives/accessible-google-charts/comment-page-1#comment-260478 deadcabbit Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:12:35 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3189#comment-260478 What's so special about it? If we had the time, all applications would (or at least should) be built like this, or at least wherever it is possible. Unobtrusive javascript should take care of accessibility if properly applied. BTW whenever I asked a project manager if they wanted to make the current site accessible for screen readers or for people with color blindness the answer in 95% was no (we don't want you to mess with things like that, those visitors don't count, no time for that etc. :(( What’s so special about it? If we had the time, all applications would (or at least should) be built like this, or at least wherever it is possible. Unobtrusive javascript should take care of accessibility if properly applied. BTW whenever I asked a project manager if they wanted to make the current site accessible for screen readers or for people with color blindness the answer in 95% was no (we don’t want you to mess with things like that, those visitors don’t count, no time for that etc. :((

]]> By: Schill http://ajaxian.com/archives/accessible-google-charts/comment-page-1#comment-260471 Schill Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:33:25 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3189#comment-260471 I thought it was just an image at first, then he said, "Did you view source?" .. Ah-ha! Look at that. Well done. ;) I thought it was just an image at first, then he said, “Did you view source?” .. Ah-ha! Look at that. Well done. ;)

]]> By: Liming http://ajaxian.com/archives/accessible-google-charts/comment-page-1#comment-260465 Liming Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:59:05 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=3189#comment-260465 what a great post and Chris's explanation is so crystal clear that even a grandma can understand it. We will be using this technique later in our pm software, very excited. what a great post and Chris’s explanation is so crystal clear that even a grandma can understand it.

We will be using this technique later in our pm software, very excited.

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