From: Aron Roberts (aron@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 13:37:34 PST
One other comment about accessibility to the content of the Flash
presentations on the News pages on the main UC Berkeley site: either
by vision-impaired visitors using screen reader software or, more
generally, by visitors using browsers which are text-based or
otherwise lack Flash plug-in support.
In several of the presentations on these pages mentioned yesterday
by Steve McConnell, if one views the generated source in the pop-up
browser window meant to display their multimedia content, their full
text appears in an HTML comment. Two examples appear below.
Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group
P.S. There were some anomalies in these text comments: a number of
non-7-bit ASCII characters appeared in this text, which I've somewhat
crudely converted below before posting these comments to the Webnet
list.
Perhaps these characters were em- or en-dashes, curly quotes, or
other similar typographers' marks, which were specific to an
operating system-specific character set under Microsoft Windows or
the Mac OS? If so, that may be another accessibility issue to be
aware of ...
-- <!-- text used in the movie--> <!--Chang-Lin Tien1935 c2002BerkeleyPhotos 1 c 6Remembering Berkeley's Chang-Lin TienIn more than four decades as professor and chancellor, Chang-Lin Tien was a tireless ambassador for UC Berkeley. Under his leadership, Berkeley weathered devastating budget cuts and intense political controversy to retain its place as the nation's premier public research university. His contributions to research, education and society brought him scores of honors over the years. A favorite with students, Tien was omnipresent in their campus lives. HeId drop into the library at midnight during finals week, bearing cookies for studiers. HeId swing by the residence halls to see how students were getting along. HeId settle in the midst of the student rooting section at sports events, indistinguishable in his blue-and-gold rugby shirt. At a tribute event marking his retirement in 1997, students crowded around to wish him well. Peg Skorpinski photoA lifelong sports fan, Tien (center, kneeling) played basketball in Taiwan in the early 1950s. He had his sights set on a pro career, and often half-joked that he abandoned the dream only after coming to the United States, where he realized that at 5I6", he was not destined for the NBA. Tien was a fixture at Cal basketball games, leading cheers from his center-court seat in Harmon Gym. He was a driving force in planning and fund-raising for Haas Pavilion, the Cal sports arena that opened in 1999.4Fresh from his doctoral studies at Princeton, Tien joined the Berkeley faculty in mechanical engineering in 1959. Three years later, at age 26, he became the youngest recipient of UC Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award. He later served for seven years as chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and for two years as vice chancellor for research. After a brief stint as executive vice chancellor at UC Irvine, he returned to Berkeley as chancellor in 1990. Ed Kirwan photoEven as his career broadened to international leadership in higher education, Tien maintained close ties to engineering research and his home department in Etcheverry Hall. An authority on thermal science and engineering, his expertise in heat transfer led him to contribute to solutions of high-profile engineering problems. He continued to supervise Ph.D. students in mechanical engineering throughout his years as chancellor. Tien met the press after his appointment as the seventh chancellor of UC Berkeley in 1990. He was the first Asian American to head a major U.S. research university. He led the campus through lean budget years, dedicating himself to preserving excellence by personally recruiting top young faculty and working to retain distinguished professors. The campus endured, earning top-ten rankings for 97 percent of its graduate programs in a 1995 National Research Council survey. Jane Scherr photo--> [This text comment is immediately followed by the HTML 'object' tag referencing the Flash presention, as shown below -- Aron] <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" WIDTH="624" HEIGHT="440" id="slideshow_pt1" ALIGN=""> <param NAME=movie VALUE="slideshow_pt1.swf"> <param NAME=quality VALUE=high> <param NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF> <embed src="slideshow_pt1.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="624" HEIGHT="440" NAME="slideshow_pt1" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed> </object> --------------------------------------------------------------- <!--Homecoming & Parents Weekend2002Berkeley1Photos 1 c 6Homecoming & Parents Weekend Peg Skorpinski photoHomecoming Headquarters was the place to begin for the more than 6,000 participants in the biggest Homecoming & Parents Weekend yet. In the shadow of the Campanile, alumni, students and families could view class memorabilia and photos; buy a t-shirt; sign up for @cal, the online alumni community; enjoy free coffee and snacks, and meet up with friends new and old.Alumni, parents, students and friends were greeted on arrival by volunteers like Dilip Chande of Brea and Dolly and Judge Brar of Fresno, all members of the Cal Parents Board.3Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl prepared for the busy, Bears-y weekend by getting a California Alumni Association "tattoo" on his cheek at the CAA booth.4The Class of I52 celebrated their 50th reunion with tours, a lecture by Professor Marian Diamond, and a buffet dinner in the Morrison Room of Doe Library. Marie Matthews I52 and her husband Ed came from Princeton, N.J., for the weekend and were welcomed home by Oski.The MenIs Octet made the rounds of alumni and parent events, bringing high spirits and sweet harmonies wherever they went. Founding member Howdy Brownson I48 joined them at the luncheon held by the Classes of I48 and I49.A record number of Cal students participated in this yearIs event. As Student Ambassadors, they did everything from staffing information booths to putting on the Cal CubFest for the weekendIs littlest guests. Amy Lei I03 stirred up business for the balloon artist by modeling a balloon hat.--> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: Webnet information is available at <URL:http://webnet.berkeley.edu/>.
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