Darren Wallace's Public Library

"Improved socket support
It will now be possible to create local servers and lightweight P2P applications with enhancements to AIR's socket support. "

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21 Oct 09

Agile India (Offshore Development) | Agile Software Development Made Easy!

"I can see clearly how an offshore development team in India might operate internally using agile principles and practices. But I'm very unsure about how it would work effectively in terms of (a) active user involvement in the development process, (b) defining lightweight requirements piecemeal throughout development, (c) integrated testing, etc.

Perhaps the challenges are no different than for a distributed team? But when I think of the added complexity of a distributed team, the added complexity of client/supplier relations, the added complexity of distance (preventing regular face-to-face communication), and timezones inhibiting other forms of communication, I worry."

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20 Oct 09

Martha Lane Fox on digital inclusion: full text of interview | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Martha Lane Fox on digital inclusion: full text of interview

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14 Oct 09

Adobe - Accessibility : Accessibility Best Practices for Flex

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Accessibility is often defined in terms of two distinct measures: compliance with standards and usability for people with disabilities. The first is more easily quantified — you read the standard, test the content, and determine if it passes. If all tests fare successfully, then the content is considered accessible. But the reality of accessibility is often more complex. The most common accessibility guidelines, Section 508 standards and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, are written to support the accessibility of HTML content. While there are areas of overlap, the issues surrounding HTML and Flex accessibility are not one and the same. The techniques associated with some requirements are different in Flex. At the same time, there are issues associated with applications created with Flex that do not exist in HTML.