- From: Steven Dale <sdale@stevendale.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:56:57 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <gdeering@acslink.net.au>
- Cc: <sdale@stevendale.com>, <lois@lois.co.uk>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Geoff, I am getting ready to play around with Cocoon with an eye towards Accessiblity. I believe it would be a great tool if we can get it working in a best practices type of way. Have you played with it? I was involved a couple years ago when developing web content for both the PCs and WAP phones. I think it would be great to tailor the page output based upon the user's preferences. -Steve Geoff Deering said: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Steven Dale >> That is what Macromedia Contribute does. Unfortunately, they don't >> allow you to forcibly make the content accessible. After making a >> piece of content available to be edited via Contribute, they can apply >> styles with the bold button, they can use font instead of Hx tags, >> etc. If you find an answer Geoff please let me know for I am in the >> same boat here. >> >> -Steve > > Oh thanks, well at least that is another step in the right direction. > > But, personally, I don't see much future for front end tools (I'm not > optimistic), their track record is rather poor, IMHO. My hope is for > Cocoon/Lenya BitFlux type solutions so that there is no access to front > end code, only back delivery, and that also suits targeted media better > too. It's just that those solutions come with a HUGE architecture. > Axkit's Callisto seems to be in hibernation. > > As the ATAG list knows I also have big issues with the state of users > working with web form based CMSs. > > I don't mind that us developers have to work hard to develop good > quality sites, but the tools that around for the average user who is > just a content contributor are sadly poorly supported. This type of > thing, in this day and age should not be the issue it is. > > Also, another one to work with is the Blogger style editors that connect > via SOAP and the Blogger API like w.blogger. > > Regards > Geoff
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