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dw_suggestions2010-10-22 01:12 pm
smaller and simpler uploading for icons by screen reader users
Title:
smaller and simpler uploading for icons by screen reader users
Area:
icons
Summary:
I had already put in a support request after my screen reader had problems uploading pictures, and many of these are already posted as userpics on LJ, and the list of several icons was confusing and nothing would upload after trying for well over half an hour. My community won't accept anything, saying each time the picture was too big, I would like a one-at-a-time option for screen reader users to make the process less stressful and also suggest an automatic 'picture/icon re-sizer' as a secondary suggestion.
Description:
I am essentially wanting to have a one-stop one pic at a time upload instead of the listed 'pictures 1,2,3, 4 etc, as I've no idea where I am with this, and that compounded my frustration with the icon uploading process. I followed all the steps and it rejected every single icon I wished to upload.
I think the fact it kept telling me my pictures were 'all' too big, especially as many of those chosen were already uploaded on livejournal indicate something is terribly wrong here. I suggest as one medium solution, the development of a 'automatic icon resizer, this would make sure all pictures were made the right size, conversely, the capacity to host larger pictures could become 'expandable' doing the same desired thing.
I feel that would not only benefit blind people wishing to upload as I have no way of knowing the exact visual dinensions of an icon, and I am not tech minded here, but it would smooth out the process.
Specifically, I feel that the fault in the uploading process I encountered, a related issue, where I could not upload anything, needs some investigation, I am still waiting for my support request to be looked at and hope it can be fixed. I fear though, that the rejection of all pics wholesale indicates some kind of bug, or compatibility issue.
The benefits of fixing this, and providing a one at a time uploading link for screen reader users, where better informed labels, or less script dependent buttons can be used or the like, would make it easier. Simple is best, and having too many bells and whistles can inadvertantly cause a lot of pain for people like me who just wish to upload a handful of icons to use in their posts and such. I can't get a default pic no matter what I do, please help!
This suggestion:
Should be implemented as-is.
6 (19.4%)
Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
2 (6.5%)
Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)
(I have no opinion)
21 (67.7%)
(Other: please comment)
2 (6.5%)
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Would you help me understand what the suggestion is? I see several potential interpretations and I just want to make sure I understand them:
Forgive me for being dim; I'm just not sure what you mean by "one-stop one pic at a time".
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The second suggestion was a picture automatic resizing solution, this may need somebody to work on that over time, making any picture we upload automatically adjusted to suit the icon size requirements as this is physically impossible if you are blind and use adaptive software.
A problem was, after the error notice came up, there was a list on that error page of a number of icons ranging from 1 to around 4 or 5, and I wasn't sure which of these were in error, or if in fact, these were simply places where a icon could be uploaded, in other words, if the first picture was cussessfully uploaded, why had a list of icon places appeared at the top of the error noticee? That was all, perhaps this is something simple I am misinterpreting for some reason. Perhaps other screen reader users might be better at explaining how the page presents itself upon an unsuccessful icon upload notice? ^_^
I hope that helps a little, sorry again for confusing you as it is hard to sometimes nail down a audio representation of the visual.
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Making the error notice clearer would definitely be good, though.
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So, I hope the wonderful people doing the code push thingies will come to my and other's rescue on this! I am so glad you articulated it far better than me! ^______^ *waves in gratitude*
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II successfully uploaded my personal DW journal icon, but cannot understand why it wouldn't work this time with my com, are these different, that is, the personal blog as opposed to te community? Perhaps that might be the problem, or it might be something totally different causing the error messages when my icon uploads all failed...
^_^
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Longer answer: there are weird little hacks with flash, but they are so unreliable as to not be worth using.
Longest answer: it's possible to design the page so that it looks right both in visual browsers and with screenreaders, and that has generally been the dreamwidth goal from day one, I think. In this case I would want to sit down with the screenreader user and work out exactly the parts that are unclear.
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Aside from the error message, there is still the problem as to why in the first place that my jpgs were rejected for size when those I had tried (most), I've uploaded to livejournal userpics, that was why I made the second suggestion, a more medium term thing, and that was the development of an icon re-sizer, so there are two aspects to this, the possible bug-fix with the error andthe related rejection of my icon uploads, and my suggested fix for the size of this, and thank you for helping me, I am sure I am not alone on this issue as well. But, I would have to try and reproduce the problem re-the error page unless others step up and provide more info on their own experiences with these matters. ^_^