Shayna Productions - Sandy ClarkMusings on: ColdFusion, Fusebox, Cascading Style Sheets and AccessibilitySimulating Attributes Selectors in IE6- March 30, 2007 Especially now that IE7 supports attribute selectors, using classes in my HTML to reflect those items has become a real bummer. I really like the idea of not requiring people maintaining HTML to worry about classes. I think it makes for cleaner markup and for easier training. So, while I'm not a JavaScript maven by any means, I decided to play around with this and actually made it work. What is an Attribute Selector Anyway An attribute selector is a CSS selector which says basically,...http://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.display_entry&id=176 Fusebox Design Contest Winner- March 29, 2007 We received 25 entries to the Fusebox Design Contest. Entries were submitted not only from the US, but from the UK, Hungary and Singapore! We would like to thank everyone who submitted and congratulate everyone on the quality of the submittals. After careful consideration of each design, 5 designs were chosen by the Fusebox.org Website Volunteers to go to Team Fusebox for a final vote. These 5 designs were then rated and discussed amongst Team Fusebox and it was a close decision. Any of...http://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.display_entry&id=175 Accessibility Webcast JavaScript and Screen Readers- March 23, 2007 At 4:25pm PDT (7:30pm EDT), there will be a web cast from the Accessibility Conference in Los Angeles on JavaScript and Screen Readers. For all you interested in how you can use Ajax and how JavaScript and Screen Readers work together, this would be a good session to go to. I plan on being there in person. Webcast information page WebCast Presentation Roomhttp://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.display_entry&id=174 Accessibility Conference - Day 2- March 22, 2007 Today was a really good day. First off, I got to be a thorn in the side of Bob Regan and Andrew Kirkpatrick of Adobe as they presented on Flash Accessibility. I really want to believe Flash is accessible, really I do and I go to these presentations in the hope that I see stuff that will make me believe. Inevitably I leave disappointed. Don't get me wrong, Flash is making leaps and bounds in the accessibility arena. But one thing I was unaware of before, but was told today, is that while..http://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.display_entry&id=173 Accessibility Conference - Day 1- March 22, 2007 I'm sitting in my last session today at the CSUN Accessibility Conference. The conference itself is very different from any of the programming conferences I've been to. Much more of an academic feel so far with not much that really is usable for the developer down in the trenches. There are ideas I am taking away and items I am looking at in a different way, so I'm glad I'm here. I feel as if I am gathering information, not only for my company and my own knowledge, but also to bring back to.http://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.display_entry&id=172 LA Wake Up Call- March 19, 2007 I'm in Los Angeles this week for the California State University at Northridge (CSUN)'s conference on disabilities. Since I'm originally from this area, I'm also seeing friends and relatives while I'm here. Tonight I had dinner with old friends, Ron and Jean. In a lot of ways it served as a wake up call for me as to why I am here this week. Ron is an old co-worker of mine from back in the 80's. He is a very talented and gifted engineer. He had a stroke 3 years ago which doesn't confine him.http://www.shayna.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.display_entry&id=171 |