that extension idea sounds good, especially if we can get the extensions adopted into the browsers themselves, via CLOUD4all/GPII On Jan 12, 2012, at 12:58 PM, James William Yoon wrote:
> Hi Clayton, > > The link to bbc displayoptions from the competitive analysis page for > uioptions is dead, and it looks like bbc is no longer supporting this. Can > anyone verify that? > > > > I can confirm that the BBC display options we linked from on UI Options is > defunct. We haven't been able to find anything comparable to it on BBC. > > If true, its apparent replacement, “my web my way” > http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/ is a good illustration of why we have > work to do: look at what you have to do to change something. For IE I count a > minimum of 10 clicks to set colours, with more needed if you don’t know what > version of IE you have, or if the colour scheme you have set for Windows > isn’t appropriate for the browser > > > > Along the way you have to fork based on what OS and what browser you are using > > > > Granted, once you have gone through all this you may not need to do it again, > and granted that it will transform all pages, not just the BBC, this shows > why a solution supported by universal infrastructure is badly needed > > > I agree with your assessment of both the advantages (customize once and > persist across all sites) and disadvantages (inconvenience and complexity) of > BBC's "solution" to web interface preferences. In Infusion 1.4, UI Options > handles the challenge of inconvenience and complexity relatively well, but > doesn't persist across different sites. > > One idea I've been hoping to explore more is designing browser extensions > that sit abstracted from any particular site, while offering the same > convenience we have in UI Options. > > James > _______________________________________________________ > fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, > see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work Clayton Lewis Professor of Computer Science Scientist in Residence, Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities University of Colorado http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~clayton
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