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31 Mar 2010

BBC Glow 2.0

I’m a big fan of the BBC Glow javascript library (as I may have mentioned earlier), so it’s good news that Version 2.0 of the library is available as an Alpha release (the current stable download is version 1.7.2), promising enhanced features, improved performance and even better accessibility. Continue reading »

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22 Aug 2009

Typeface JS & font weight

Rather than exporting individual images or using PHP image replacement as I normally would, I recently tried out Typeface JS [external link] – a method that uses javascript to embed fonts – to make use of a non-standard typeface in the headings of a web design. Typeface JS is pretty easy to use, but there’s one thing to be wary of: how you use the font-weight property in your CSS. Continue reading »

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28 Jul 2009

BBC Glow

When Alan Partridge asks Tony Hayers what he thinks of regional detective dramas Shoestring, Taggart, Spender, Bergerac and Morse, and Tony Hayers says “There’s too many of them”, Alan replies “That’s one way of looking at it. Another way of looking at it is, ‘People like them, let’s make some more of them’”. The BBC has a similar attitude when it comes to javascript libraries, it seems. A few weeks ago they released Glow [external link] under the Apache license, giving us all a chance to spread some of the magic dust that goes into the BBC site over our own creations. But far from being another framework for wow-effects, Glow has the edge in two important areas: cross-browser support and accessibility. Continue reading »

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01 Aug 2008

HighSlide & accessibility

Links that open new windows are not great for the accessibility of your site, but if you want to create the effect of opening content in a new window, you can use a javascript slideshow application. But using javascript/AJAX brings its own accessibility issues. This article explains how to make one of the best slideshow applications I’ve seen – HighSlide – more accessible for your users. Continue reading »

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