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Archive for October 15th, 2024

Accessibility Myths – debunked

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/15

[Wayback/Archive] Accessibility Myths has great debunks.

Quite a few of them are phrased with a web perspective in mind. That’s just because of prevalence. These myths are there on native platforms (mobile, Windows, MacOS and Linux) as well and can be debunked in the same way.

Similar myths are even there for real life: accessibility of buildings, signage, streets, you name it are just that and can be debunked with common sense.

An inclusive society actually is cheaper than a exclusive one, as it benefits everyone. The same holds for your software.

Related: [Wayback/Archive] Learn Accessibility  |  web.dev

Via:

  1. [Wayback/Archive] Accessibility Awareness on X: “When you make the pitch for accessibility, be prepared for pushback. There are several myths and misconceptions, so it’s good to be aware of what they are and how to dispel them.”
  2. [Wayback/Archive] Accessibility Awareness on X: “”Learn Accessibility” is a course that takes you through the essentials for building accessible websites and web apps. Created for both beginners and advanced users, this course can be taken beginning to end, or used as a reference for specific topics.”

--jeroen

Posted in accessibility (a11y), Awareness, Development, Hardware Development, Inclusion / inclusive society, Power User, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Some winget packages that will get you x86 or x64 versions of vcredist140

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/10/15

A while ago I downloaded some internal tooling that required vcredist140.dll (and related DLLs).

From the name you cannot see if that is a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) dependency so you often have to trial and error to figure out which one you need.

I adopted some winget package install command-lines with package IDs current at the time of writing this blog post; similar should be available at the time of publication:

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Posted in .NET, C++, Development, Software Development, Visual Studio 2015, Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio and tools, Visual Studio C++ | Leave a Comment »