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dw_accessibility2009-05-23 10:35 pm
jadelennox) wrote in dw_accessibility2009-05-23 10:35 pm
anybody willing to test WAI-ARIA markup?
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!
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!
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In other words when you hover over the "Create" item, instead of "Create Menu" you get "Dreamwidth Account Functions" and when you hover over an individual menu item in the "Create" drop-down menu (such as "Edit Profile") you get "Create Menu" rather than the function you are hovering over.
I apologize in advance if this is how it's supposed to work, but the normal function of a tool-tip should be providing information about the function, rather than which menu it is a part of.
I'm guessing (and it's a pure guess as I know almost nothing about WAI-ARIA) looking at the source, that maybe the aria-labeledby="create_topnav" attribute on the class="*_subnav" tags should perhaps be aria-labeledby="create_subnav" and the aria-labeledby="create_topnav" attribute should be on the class="*_topnav" tags instead, etc.
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