[Xerte] Xerte 3 examples

Tue Sep 15 13:14:35 BST 2009

I have these moments at home when decorating. I've just got the
undercoat on, and the wife comes in and mutters something about not
liking that very much and how it all looked so different in the shop,
and maybe we should choose another colour - and I'm only ten minutes
into it anyway and the top coat is still in the tin, but I can't get a
word in edgeways to get a word in and tell her it's not finished yet for
crying out loud, and it will look lovely when it's finished. Sheesh...

These are early days. Do not panic. We will be able to do even more
wonderful things with the new technology.

The accessibility in the flex framework is much much much better than
the old Flash Player 8 stuff. Try using the keyboard in the samples. Try
sliding the sliders with the arrow keys, see how the tab order has been
automcatically set (none of my code here at all). Keyboard control is
MUCH MUCH better without having to do anything.

Fluid interfaces based on percentages rather than absolute widths and
heights make content run on many more devices satisfactorily than
before.

All the other stuff we built into the engine in Xerte can more easily be
done in the new framework.

It will be MUCH easier for people to build much more accessible custom
interfaces than was previously possible without a lot of faffing around.

So, I would say we would aim to make any new tools at least as acessible
as the old ones, and probably a lot more so.

J

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair
McNaught
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:54 PM
To: Xerte discussion list
Cc: John Sewell
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte 3 examples

Will the accessibility benefits of Xerte Online Toolkits be compromised
by the (apparently) lower accessibility in Xerte 3? 

If so can the older versions remain available for download with caveats
as to accessibility pros and cons? 

I'm worried that developers and others might have heard our
recommendations about Xerte's accessibility then come to Xerte 3 and be
disappointed and confused when disabled colleagues or students tell them
it's not fit for purpose..

Alistair

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: 15 September 2009 11:29
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte 3 examples

The example is online:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~cczjrt/x3/

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:27 AM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte 3 examples

There is a reasonably comprehensive demo in the .svn. You need Flash
Player 10.

Basically navigators take containers, containers can take further
containers, containers take text, media and controls.

Unlike Xerte 2.6 you don't need an initial framework or interface - you
can just start adding things to the learning object (which is in fact a
canvas).

Try adding a button, then save, then publish, then preview?

From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Johnathan
Kemp
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:17 AM
To: Xerte discussion list
Subject: [Xerte] Xerte 3 examples

Hello Xerte Team,

I took another look at Xerte 3 last night, but could not get anything to
show on the preview.

I think I am probably getting the basic ordering of components wrong.

e.g. what order to use the canvas, button bar, interface (I think there
was one - if I recall correctly my memory used to be much better :-)

Are there any simple worked examples available for xerte 3 yet?

Kind regards

Johnathan

Johnathan Kemp
ICT Development Coordinator
Connexions Staffordshire
www.cxstaffs.co.uk <http://www.cxstaffs.co.uk/> 
01785 355714

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