Version upgrades - JQuery 1.3, JQuery UI, messaging

[Colin Clark]

Noah,

On 4-Feb-09, at 9:48 AM, Noah Botimer wrote:

> I just tried out the new jQuery UI Dialog demo and it's even cleaner  
> than when I last looked. Something that catches my attention  
> specifically is that it is catching tabbing out of the dialog and  
> "wrapping" the active item back around to the top (close button,  
> typically).
>
> I haven't checked out my nasty case yet -- true full-window from  
> within a Sakai iframe -- but I'm overall pleased with the look and  
> feel. I think it will be my new default choice.

Cool, that's great news. Our own Michelle D'Souza and David Bolter  
landed a number of those UI Dialog fixes a few months back, with the  
help of Scott Gonzalez. If I remember correctly, it also works nicely  
with a screen reader or other assitive technology.

The slider, accordion, and several other widgets now have keyboard  
navigation in them as well. We've started to move portions of our  
keyboard accessibility plugin into jQuery and UI core, so keep an eye  
out for more accessibility improvements in the next few releases, too.

Let us know how it goes using it within Sakai's crazy iFrames. :)

Colin

---
Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org