simple-alternative

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Tobias Bengfort <tobias.bengfort@posteo.de>

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2017-04-28 15:46

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   -1     1 simple alternative - browser extension to detect simple language alternatives
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   -1     3 # This extension
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   -1     5 This extension adds a big round button to your browser. It will try to detect a
   -1     6 link to a simplified version of the current page in the current language. When
   -1     7 you click the button, the simplified version is loaded.
   -1     8 
   -1     9 A link to a simplified version should look roughly like this:
   -1    10 
   -1    11 	<a href="…" rel="alternate" hreflang="en-simple">Go to simple version</a>
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   -1    13 # The `simple` language variant tag
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   -1    15 The [simple language variant tag][1] has officially been included in the IANA
   -1    16 Language Subtag Registry. It intended meaning is "to represent a generic
   -1    17 simplification of a root language".
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   -1    19 This could be useful for a lot of people:
   -1    20 
   -1    21 -	children
   -1    22 -	people with cognitive disabilities
   -1    23 -	second language learners
   -1    24 
   -1    25 Among other things, it can be used to conform with [WCAG][2] 3.1.5:
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   -1    27 > When text requires reading ability more advanced than the lower secondary
   -1    28 > education level after removal of proper names and titles, supplemental
   -1    29 > content, or a version that does not require reading ability more advanced
   -1    30 > than the lower secondary education level, is available.
   -1    31 
   -1    32 # Future
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   -1    34 The simple language variant tag is still new and has not seen a lot of
   -1    35 adoption.  This extension is merely a proof of concept. I would like to see
   -1    36 this kind of functionality directly in browsers one day.
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   -1    38 [1]: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.ietf.languages/11065
   -1    39 [2]: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/