There are ways around this, e.g. http://api.jquerymobile.com/taphold/ -- Andrew Anderson, Director of Development, Library and Information Resources Network, Inc. http://www.lirn.net/ | http://www.twitter.com/LIRNnotes | http://www.facebook.com/LIRNnotes On Sep 17, 2014, at 21:17, Jonathan Rochkind <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mouse hover is not available to anyone using a touch device rather than a mouse, as well as being problematic for keyboard access. > > While there might be ways to make the on-hover UI style keyboard accessible (perhaps in some cases activating on element focus in addition toon hover), there aren't really any good ones I can think for purely touch devices (which don't really trigger focus state either). > > An increasing amount of web use, of course, is mobile touch devices, and probably will continue to be and to increase for some time, including on library properties. > > So I think probably on-hover UI should simply be abandoned at this point, even if some people love it, it will be inaccessible to an increasing portion of our users with no good accomodations. > > Jonathan > > On 9/17/14 4:25 PM, Jesse Martinez wrote: >> On the same token, we're making it a policy to not use mouse hover over >> effects to display database/asset descriptions in LG2 until this can become >> keyboard accessible. This is a beloved feature from LG1 so I'm hoping >> SpringShare read my pestering emails about this... >> >> Jesse >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Brad Coffield <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> Johnathan, >>> >>> That point is well taken. Accessibility, to me, shouldn't be a tacked-on >>> "we'll do the best we can" sort of thing. It's an essential part of being a >>> library being open to all users. Unfortunately I know our site has a lot of >>> work to be done regarding accessibility. I'll also pay attention to that >>> when/if I make mods to the v2 templates. >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 1:49 PM, Jonathan LeBreton <[log in to unmask]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I might mention here that we (Temple University) found LibGuides 2.0 to >>>> offer some noteworthy improvements in section 508 accessibility >>>> when compared with version 1.0. Accessibility is a particular point of >>>> concern for the whole institution as we look across the city, state, and >>>> country at other institutions that have been called out and settled with >>>> various disability advocacy groups. >>>> So we moved to v. 2.0 during the summer in order to have those >>>> improvements in place for the fall semester, as well as to get the value >>>> from some other developments in v. 2.0 that benefit all customers. >>>> >>>> When I see email on list about making modifications to templates and >>>> such, it gives me a bit of concern on this score that by doing so, one >>>> might easily begin to make the CMS framework for content less accessible. >>>> I thought I should voice that. This is not to say that one shouldn't >>>> customize and explore enhancements etc., but one should do so with some >>>> care if you are operating with similar mandates or concerns. Unless I >>> am >>>> mistaken, several of the examples noted are now throwing 508 errors that >>>> are not in the out-of-the box LibGuide templates and which are not the >>>> result of an individual content contributor/author inserting "bad stuff" >>>> like images without alt tags. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Jonathan LeBreton >>>> Senior Associate University Librarian >>>> Editor: Library & Archival Security >>>> Temple University Libraries >>>> Paley M138, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia PA 19122 >>>> voice: 215.204.8231 >>>> fax: 215.204.5201 >>>> mobile: 215.284.5070 >>>> email: [log in to unmask] >>>> email: [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >>>> Cindi Blyberg >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 12:03 PM >>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav >>>> >>>> Hey everyone! >>>> >>>> Not to turn C4L into Support4LibGuides, but... :) >>>> >>>> The infrastructure for all the APIs is in place; currently, the Guides >>> API >>>> and the Subjects API are functioning. Go to Tools > API > Get Guides to >>>> see the general structure of the URL. Replace "guides" with "subjects" >>> to >>>> retrieve your subjects. You will need your LibGuides site ID, which you >>>> can get from the LibApps Dashboard screen. >>>> >>>> Word is that it will not take long to add other API calls on the back >>> end; >>>> if you need these now, please do email [log in to unmask] and >>>> reference this conversation. >>>> >>>> As for v1, we are planning on supporting it for 2 more years--that said, >>>> we would never leave anyone hanging, so if it takes longer than that to >>> get >>>> everyone moved over, we're ready for that. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> -Cindi >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Nadaleen F Tempelman-Kluit < >>> [log in to unmask] >>>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all- >>>>> While we're on the topic of LibGuides V2, when will the "GET subjects" >>>>> API (and other API details) be in place? We're in a holding pattern >>>>> until we get those details and we've not been able to get any timeline >>>>> as to when those assets will be in place. So we're deciding between >>>>> building out LibGuides CMS "Global" landing pages using the V1 >>>>> platform, or waiting until some future date which, very soon, will >>>>> mean abandoning this project till next summer. If we go the former >>>>> route, it would also be great to know how long V1 will be supported. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Cindi Blyberg <[log in to unmask]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Michael Schofield >>>>>> <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Q1. How complicated is it to change all 3 column guides to a >>>>>> single-column >>>>>>> left/right-nav layout? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A little. You can force the entire group [or all groups] to use a >>>>> single >>>>>>> template, which is a huge time saver, except your guides' middle >>>>>>> and >>>>>> right >>>>>>> columns will be in "hidden" columns rather than forced to collapse >>>>> into a >>>>>>> single column. This was pretty confusing at first. We were afraid >>>>>>> we actually lost content during the migration. You will need to >>>>>>> manually >>>>> hit >>>>>>> every guide and change the layout to single-column, but that's >>>>>>> just a >>>>>> click >>>>>>> of the button. If you have 400+ guides, though, that's 400+ clicks. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Alas, yes. Once we realized this was happening, our devs hashed it >>>>>> out >>>>> and >>>>>> will be rolling out a fix to the migration script so that this won't >>>>> happen >>>>>> again. >>>>>> >>>>>> Q2. Three-columns or single column? >>>>>>> Single column. Users scan, and they scan the top and left-most >>>>>>> portions >>>>>> of >>>>>>> the screen. Anything in the middle and to the right is lost. >>>>>>> Also, >>>>> three >>>>>>> columns on a responsive site is a little weird, because content is >>>>> pretty >>>>>>> squishy; on tablets you might have pretty narrow left and right >>>>> columns. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually, when you view a 3-column layout on a smaller screen, it >>>>>> scales down to a single column. If you're seeing otherwise, can you >>>>>> send us >>>>> some >>>>>> examples in case this is a bug we need to fix? Thanks. :) The key >>>>>> here, of course, is to have the most important information in the >>>>>> left-hand column, and not to have too many boxes on a single page. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Q5. Has anyone split the main content column into two smaller >>>> columns? >>>>>>> LG2 makes it crazy easy to change number and percentage-based >>>>>>> widths of the columns. So you could still use the >>>>>>> tabs-across-the-top template >>>>> and >>>>>>> create a little 33% wide left "sidebar" column and a 66% wide >>>>>>> right >>>>> main >>>>>>> column. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> One slight caution here: if you add a second content column to a >>>>> side-nav >>>>>> layout and the guide author wants to display nav pills for the >>>>>> page's boxes, only the boxes from the first content column will be >>>>>> displayed as pills. This is by design, but we've filed it as a known >>>> issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >>>>>>> Behalf >>>>> Of >>>>>>> Blake Galbreath >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 6:37 PM >>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LibGuides v2 - Templates and Nav >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have always thought that left-nav was the UX standard for >>>>> left-to-right >>>>>>> languages (as opposed to Arabic, eg.: http://www.france24.com/ar/ >>> ). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Personally, I feel that right-nav makes more sense across the >>>>>>> board, >>>>> due >>>>>>> to the fact that it is less distance to travel for right-handed >>>> people. >>>>>> But >>>>>>> the convention seems pretty set in stone. I am also not sure how >>>>>>> screen readers deal with right-nav - although i am guessing that >>>>>>> there is no problem there programming wise. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Blake >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Brad Coffield < >>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Benjamin: "Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* >>>>>>>> columns >>>>> plus >>>>>>>> left-nav..." LOL >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Margaret: Love the floating nav on that page. It's exciting that >>>>> we'll >>>>>>>> be able to leverage Bootstrap with our guides now. Moving the >>>>>>>> entire library website to libguides CMS is looking more and more >>>> promising. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Some more thoughts: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm no UX expert but is it generally agreed that left-nav is the >>>>>>>> much better choice? It seems like it to me. Given current web >>>>>>>> wide conventions etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> One big issue to switching to left-nav in v2 is the amount of >>>>>>>> work it's going to take everyone to convert all guides to the new >>>> layout. >>>>>>>> Which is one of those things that both shouldn't matter (when >>>>>>>> looking at it in a principledness way - that is, "Whatever is >>>>>>>> best for the patrons! No matter >>>>>>>> what!) but also does matter (in a practical way - that is, "OMG >>>>>>>> we >>>>> are >>>>>>>> all so busy being awesome"). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But part of me, when looking at other people's guides and my >>>>>>>> own, wonders if three columns isn't just a little TOO much for >>> the >>>> user. >>>>>>>> How is one supposed to scan the page? What's the prioritized >>>>>>>> information? For a couple years now I've been eschewing three >>>>>>>> columns whenever possible. Do others agree that three columns >>>>>>>> can be info >>>>>>> overload? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Brad >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Benjamin Florin < >>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> We've been tinkering with our LibGuides template in >>>>>>>>> preparation for an eventual redesign of our site and guides, >>>> e.g.: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://libguides.bc.edu/libraries/babst/staff >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Some of our guide authors weren't happy with the LibGuides >>>>>>>>> side-navigation's single-column limitation, so we made our own >>>>>>>>> template, moved {{guide_nav}} off to a left column, and wrote >>>>>>>>> our own styles to >>>>>>>> make >>>>>>>>> the default top-nav display as left-nav. We've found that a >>>>>>>>> 50/50 >>>>> or >>>>>>>> 75/25 >>>>>>>>> split next to the left nav looks pretty good. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Unfortunately we have authors who want *three* columns plus >>>>>> left-nav... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In general the LibGuides templating has felt modern and easy >>>>>>>>> to >>>>> work >>>>>>>> with. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ben >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Brad Coffield < >>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm finally diving into our Libguides v2 migration and I'm >>>>>>>>>> wondering if anyone would be willing to share their >>>>>>>>>> experience/choices regarding templating. (Or even some >>>>>>>>>> code!) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm thinking left-nav is the way to go. Has anyone split the >>>>>>>>>> main >>>>>>>> content >>>>>>>>>> column into two smaller columns? Done that with a >>>>>>>>>> column-width-spanning >>>>>>>>> box >>>>>>>>>> atop the main content area? Any other neato templates ideas? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> We are in the process of building a "style guide" for all >>>>>>>>>> libguides >>>>>>>>> authors >>>>>>>>>> to use. And also some sort of peer-review process to help >>>>>>>>>> enforce the >>>>>>>>> style >>>>>>>>>> guide. I'm thinking we are going to want to restrict all >>>>>>>>>> authors to left-nav templates but perhaps the ideal solution >>>>>>>>>> would be to require left-nav of all but to have a variety of >>>>>>>>>> custom left-nav templates to choose from. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts are much appreciated! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Warm regards, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Brad >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Brad Coffield, MLIS >>>>>>>>>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint >>>>>>>>>> Francis University >>>>>>>>>> 814-472-3315 >>>>>>>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Brad Coffield, MLIS >>>>>>>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian Saint Francis >>>>>>>> University >>>>>>>> 814-472-3315 >>>>>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Blake L. Galbreath >>>>>>> Systems Librarian >>>>>>> Eastern Oregon University >>>>>>> One University Boulevard >>>>>>> La Grande, OR 97850 >>>>>>> (541) 962.3017 >>>>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit >>>>> Head, User Experience (UX) Department >>>>> Bobst Library, New York University >>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>> (212) 998-2469 >>>>> @nyulibraries >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Brad Coffield, MLIS >>> Assistant Information and Web Services Librarian >>> Saint Francis University >>> 814-472-3315 >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >> >> >>