Saturday, March 15, 2008

CSUN: Improving access to web interaction at Google

Charles L Chen and T.V. Raman

Content and interaction underpin the web.
Content accessibility is well addressed, interaction not so much.

Presentation notes posted at Google accessibility group.

Web 1.0 static web controls
Web 2.0 dynamic websites, usually not standard controls or HTML.

WAI-ARIA maps between 2.0 widgets and 1.0
Also interprets dynamic / updating content.
Web apps with WAI-ARIA: you need your web app to include WAI-ARIA as well as a WAI-ARIA enabled browser.

Design principles Web Development Tool kit
ARIA automatically included
keyboard support
widgets accessible by default

Gap analysis
script enhanced as tool to allow assistive technology to access dynamic content currently not available.

Google reader now ARIA accessible. It's the test.

New feature for Google search page: key navigation with reader (JAWS) automatically loads next page when scrolling through results.

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