anybody willing to test WAI-ARIA markup?

[jadelennox]

For Bug 820 (adding WAI-ARIA compatibility to dreamwidth), I've added some very minimal WAI-ARIA markup to a copy of the logged-in homepage. It's nothing complicated, nowhere near the richness that WAI-ARIA can deal with; just some labeling of areas and indicating drop-down menus.

I can see this new markup having a really nice effect using Dragon NaturallySpeaking plus Firefox 3 plus Mouseless Browsing, but I would love to know what the effect of this new markup is on people using other adaptive technology, especially screen readers. Would everyone here using adaptive technology or otherwise adapted computer interfaces be willing to take a look at two pages for me?

This is a copy of the logged-in homepage marked up with WAI-ARIA. For comparison, this is the exact same page without any of the WAI-ARIA markup.

Do they seem identical to you? Different? If they are different, what are the differences? Which one do you prefer? (And I suppose if you do this testing, let me know what configuration you are using: operating system; adaptive technology with a version number; browser with any particular adaptations; etc.)

Thank you all so much!

Comments

[kyrielle]

I saved them and diffed them to see if there was anything besides the WAI-ARIA to cause it, 'cause curiosity got the best of me. (And then failed to revise my first paragraph of reply, sigh.)