Wednesday, November 22, 2006

NO MORE MACROMEDIA FLASH

"FROM TODAY ONWARDS THE LECTURES ARE NO MORE ABOUT MACROMEDIA FLASH".THIS WAS WHAT THE LECTURER SAID AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE LECTURER IN THE 6TH WEEK.TO BE HONEST,THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND AFTER SHE SAID THAT WAS,"THANK GOD". I THINK I GOT RID OF THAT.

THE THEME FOR THE LECTURE IN THE WEEK SIX WAS,"ACCESSIBILITY AND DESIGN".THOUGH THE LECTURER SAID THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT MACROMEDIA ANY MORE,AS SOON AS I SAW THE WORD "DESIGN" IN THE THEME I THOUGHT THAT SHE MADE A MISTAKE AT THE BEGINNING.THEN THE LECTURE WAS STARTED.THE FIRST SLIDE WAS ABOUT "DISABILITY".THERE WERE DESCRIPTIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISABILITIES SUCH AS DISABILITY IN VISION,HEARING AND TALKING.NEXT THE LECTURER SAID ABOUT DISCRIMINATION ACT AND ALSO MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SOME WEB SITES THAT THE PEOPLE WITH CERTAIN DISABILITY CANNOT ACCESS THROUGH.THIS WAS A FIELD WHICH HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IN MY LIFE.SO I FOUND THE LECTURE MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN THE PREVIOUS LECTURES WHICH I HAD UP TO NOW.

FURTHER MORE, THE NEXT SLIDES WERE ABOUT SOME BASIC GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEB SITES WHERE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED DISABILITIES COULD ALSO CAN ACCESS.SOME OF THESE RULES WERE;

  • PROVIDE CONSISTENCY IN STYLE,LAY OUT AND NAVIGATION.
  • USE STRUCTURAL MARK UP CORRECTLY
  • DO NOT OPEN A LINK INTO A NEW WINDOW WITH OUT INFORMING THE USER
  • PROVIDE TEXT ALTERNATIVES FOR IMAGES
  • KEEP THE NUMBER OF GRAPHICS LIMITED
  • AVOID ANIMATIONS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE
  • IN THE CASE OF TABLES, THE TABLE SHOULD BE LABELLED PROPERLY
  • TRY TO LIMIT THE USAGE OF FRAMES
  • AVOID AUTO REFRESH

IN THE LATTER PART OF THE LECTURE, THE LECTURER POINTED OUT SOME NAMES OF THE SOFT WARES THAT ARE IN USE NOW A DAYS WITH THE PROBLEM THAT THE DISABLE PEOPLE CANNOT ACCESS.THE EXAMPLES FOR THESE SOFT WARES ARE;

  • FLASH
  • PDF
  • JAVA SCRIPT
  • COURSE WARE

THE COMMON PROBLEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SOFT WARES ARE ;

  • COMPLEX LAYOUT
  • MOUSE OVER(THEREFORE ANY ONE WHO RELIES ON KEY BOARD IS HARD)
  • NO ALT TEXT
  • NO WARNING OR CLOSE BUTTON FOR POP UP WINDOWS

IN ORDER TO HELP THESE PEOPLE THERE ARE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES THAT ARE BEING CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, WITH THE HELP OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND SOME OF THESE ARE;

  • MACROMEDIA ACCESSIBILITY RESOURCES CENTRE
  • ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS USING BRAILLE
  • SCREEN READERS
  • MAGNIFIERS
  • SINGLE SWITCHES
  • ADAPTIVE KEY BOARDS OR ON SCREEN KEY BOARDS

THEN AT THE END OF THE LECTURE THE LECTURER SHOWED US THE USE OF EACH OF THESE TECHNIQUES THAT IS HOW THE PEOPLE ACCESS SUCH SITES WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED TECHNIQUES AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR WORK ON THEIR OWN.IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND MY BE UP TO SOME EXTENT EMOTIONAL TOO.

THE THEME OF THE PRACTICAL SESSION FOR THIS WEEK WAS "TARGET PATH".AS I TOLD IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK I WAS ABLE TO FINISH THE PRACTICAL SESSION WITHIN AN HOUR AND I AM HAPPY ABOUT THAT.IT WAS NOT OF MUCH DIFFICULTY AND I LIKE IT IF I CAN FINISH EVERY THING IN THAT WAY.HOPE EVERY THING WILL GO ON SMOOTHLY AND STEADILY...........

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