[App_rpt-users] New AllStar Portal - A work in Progress

[Tim Sawyer]

Copy that. Maybe screen readers can't read modals. Don't know. Post if you
find something. TNX.

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 8:38 PM Rachel Olivero <rachel at olivero.us> wrote:

> Tim, Buddy, and Jeremy,
>
> This is also an issue with NVDA and JAWS on Windows and Chrome.
>
> Tim, the present way the dialog behaves, a user of screen reading
> technology cannot find the input fields to enter a username and password.
> I'd have to dig into it a little more to ascertain exactly why, but the
> modal doesn't get focus or appear in the document tab order.
>
> Rachel AD9O
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018, at 20:30, Buddy Brannan wrote:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> Fair enough re: the change, which, indeed, I see once login is
> successfully achieved. Still, it is not very friendly to assistive
> technology like Voiceover. I should really try it with Windows using NVDA
> and Chrome or Firefox just for comparison, also with the iOS version of
> Safari with Voiceover and Chrome on Android with Talkback.
>
> On Sep 15, 2018, at 2:39 PM, Tim Sawyer <tisawyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 'Login' on the menu changes to 'Logout <your call>' upon successful login.
> One less dialog to dismiss that way and less verbose on purpose.
>
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 10:36 AM Buddy Brannan <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:
>
> Howdy Tim,
>
> Sounds like a good thing®.
>
> However, I seem to have an issue. I’m not sure whether it’s Voiceover
> related, browser related, or “it be broke” related. The login link doesn’t
> appear to do anything. The page doesn’t seem to change, and there are
> definitely no username/password fields in evidence.
>
> This seems to be true of both Safari and Google Chrome, both on Mac OS.
>
> Also, down with flash!
>
> Vy 73, de KB5ELV
>
> On Sep 15, 2018, at 11:51 AM, Tim Sawyer <tisawyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We've been working on a new AllStar portal. The goal is to eventually
> replace the original allstarlink.org with a modern, secure, better
> looking and more usable site. It 's not going very fast but there has been
> progress. Just to update everybody, here's what's on the new portal so far.
>
>    - The site has moved to a faster server with better access to the
>    database. The new location is https://web-tpa.allstarlink.org/.
>    - It has a much better nodes list over the original. It has sort,
>    filter, pagination and links to the stats pages.
>    - There a new sign up page to register with AllStar. It has a much
>    friendlier form and should assure more accurate input.
>    - There is a password reset page. BTW, your login and password are the
>    same as on the original allstarlink site as it's accessing the same
>    database.
>    - A new feature the original site doesn't have to change your
>    callsign. This is much easier for you as well as admins which should get
>    these completed faster. If you request a callsign change by email (the old
>    way) you'll probably be asked to use the new site for your request.
>    - All of the normal admin functions have been performed on this site
>    for nearly a year. You won't see these unless you are an admin.
>    - Works much better on mobile devices using 'mobile first' coding
>    methods.
>    - Secure login Cookie with longer expiration.
>    - No more Flash. Yeah!
>
> Please use this new site when you can. We think you'll really like the new
> nodes list. Let us know if you find any bugs, typos, spelling errors,
> unclear wording, etc. You could even let us know if you like it :-)
>
> PS. The site is coded in HTML 5 using Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery, pdo, jwt
> and other web developer geek alphabet soup.
>
> PPS. Don't forget we have a new WiKi as well https://wiki.allstarlink.org/
> <https://wiki.allstarlink.org/wiki/Main_Page>
>
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