Able Player 5.0.0 is now available! For the most part, it’s the same as what I announced last month; with a few additional bug fixes: I also updated the Able Player WordPress plugin to version 2.4.0, with several minor changes:
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Able Player: 1 year later
I officially took over maintenance of Able Player, the accessible media player, on May 6th, 2025 – just a little over a year ago. A year has passed, and I feel like it’s time for an update on where things stand! From a code standpoint, it’s going great! I’ve released three major updates so far, and have just published the release candidate for the next major release. I’ve made a lot of changes, large and small. And now I’m releasing […]
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My Calendar Pro v3.4.0 is released! This is a major release, and includes a number of significant changes worth mentioning. Importer Improvements When importing .ics event sources, My Calendar Pro has historically taken each individual occurrence of an event and imported them as separate events. With version 3.4.0, the importer will now insert those occurrences as individual instances of a single event. This greatly reduces clutter in your database and in your events list, making management of your events easier. […]
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In two short weeks, I’ll be attending the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference in Anaheim, California. I’ve gone to this conference many times, and I know that it’s an amazing opportunity to connect with tons of people who are passionately invested in website accessibility. And during this trip, I’m hoping to gather information to help steer the future development of Able Player. I’m looking to book conversations with anybody who has considered using Able Player: I’m using Calendly to book meetings. […]
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Able Player 4.8.0 is now available! All the details about what’s changed in this release are available in my previous post: the Release Candidate announcement and call for translators. This is an exciting release for a few reasons: but most importantly, it’s my first steps towards removing the jQuery dependency. jQuery is deeply built into Able Player, so removing that is going to take time – but reducing the dependency so it only requires the slim build of Able Player […]
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