[Koha-devel] API use in intranet and OPAC

[dcook at prosentient.com.au]

I agree with Katrin. I think we need to be careful to think as developers in the open source GLAM space rather than the less accountable corporate space. While I’m a few years out of date when it comes to accessibility, I do still have some friends who are experts in that area and could get their opinion on the matter. From what I remember, Javascript != accessible. I think it was because screenreaders, at least historically, didn’t render the Javascript and that caused the lack of functionality for people with accessibility needs.

 

I’d also add that we can use the API without using Javascript. We could build a lightweight controller which does the API call on the server backend rather than from the client browser, so the user could POST to a CGI .pl script (or a PSGI route), and the API handles all the real business logic. 

 

If we wanted to be modern, we could use Javascript to call the API, but fail gracefully by POSTing the form instead if Javascript turns off. I know that would be a lot more work, but that could way we could keep the modernity while also maintaining accessibility. 

 

Just my 2 cents. 

 

David Cook

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From: Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org> On Behalf Of Katrin Fischer
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Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] API use in intranet and OPAC

 

If we decide to require JavaScript for the OPAC we should be careful to do it in a way that is accessible. Accessibility can even be a legal requirement in some countries for websites of public institutions like libraries.

Katrin

On 07.10.19 13:28, Kyle Hall wrote:

I think it's pretty practical at this point in time to agree that if we are to continue making a modern web app, we need to require javascript.


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On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 7:16 AM Marcel de Rooy <M.de.Rooy at rijksmuseum.nl <mailto:M.de.Rooy at rijksmuseum.nl> > wrote:

Yeah I guess we reached the point that we just need javascript in OPAC ?




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