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| alesyd | Subject: Changes about Chat module |  |
Hello everybody. My name is Alessandro Coppola, and I currently work on Web content accessibility at CRIAI, a research consortium for informatics and industrial automation, in collaboration with University of Naples Federico II, faculty of engineering, Computer Science department. Particularly, I'm working on the enforcement of the "Stanca act" (italian law about the Web accessibility) in the Web 2.0 scenario: blog, wiki, social network. I focused on the realization of an accessible chat, that complies the Stanca act. I found ATutor very interesting for me, so I tried to study your chat module, making changes where necessary. Apart from little details on features, first of all I noticed the use of frames. Requirement No 2 of the Stanca act says that "It shall not be permitted to use frames in the creation of new sites". So I analyzed different possibilities to modify that module appropriately, without using frames. Removing frames involves using different solutions to obtain the same features, and It's not always easy. Software development is not my primary skill, however the final result seems to work well. If anyone wants to know more about the issue, or be of some help for the best development, you're welcome!  Thanks to all Posted: 2009-03-31 08:15:19 | ||
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greg | Subject: Re: Changes about Chat module | |
| Grazie Allessandro. Yes we would be interested in seeing what you've created. We are looking to make improvements to the ATutor chat. It might be something you can participate in. There has been other work on AChat as well, that implemented an Ajax/ARIA based version. code.google.com/p/reefchat/ It is a shame the Stanca Act prohibits frames. While I would agree sites should avoid using frames, there are times when using them improves accessibility, such as in a chat environment. Posted: 2009-03-31 09:04:06 | ||
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| alesyd | Subject: Re: Changes about Chat module | |
| At first sight, this AChat (although It's without frames) doesn't seem as good as ATutor Chat. For example, primary features doesn't work disabling javascript, and It's worse. Until now, my changes simply consists of using existing files (suitably modified in some details) and including them in a div structure. The project is still in progress, a preview is available here chataccessibile.netsons.org I'm not a programmer and my programming style is rough, but until now I looked at the outcome. Thank you
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| greg | Subject: Re: Changes about Chat module | |
| Keep at it. What you might try is providing an option to remove frames. We probably would not replace the current chat with a no frames version, but if there were an option to turn frames off, we'd consider adding that. Posted: 2009-04-02 08:54:12 | ||
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