Comments on: AJAX, Accessibility & Screen Readers http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/ Working together for standards Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aubergine http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-39963 aubergine Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:37:05 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-39963 I would thought a reseach is aimed to improve things. Ajax is bringing web experience to new level, while screen readers (or shall I say html readers) remain in their "stone age" and have no intention to self reform over the past decade. I would thought a reseach is aimed to improve things. Ajax is bringing web experience to new level, while screen readers (or shall I say html readers) remain in their “stone age” and have no intention to self reform over the past decade.

]]> By: Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design | Trying to Define Web Accessibility http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-7412 Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design | Trying to Define Web Accessibility Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:16:55 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-7412 [...] Well, obviously, more user testing is always called for. What I’d love to see, although I’m not capable of putting it together myself, would be a full scale accessibility study of Flash and AJAX websites which have been specifically designed with accessibility in mind. User testing, limitations, the whole banana. Accessibility needs better awareness of using Flash. AJAX has received a fair amount of attention: articles from Standards-Schmandards, WebAIM, WebStandards.org, and many others have given developers a fair shot at addressing the limitations and possibilities in AJAX accessibility. Flash has been almost entirely disregarded by the web standards and accessibility community. I’d like to see it given an equal chance. [...] [...] Well, obviously, more user testing is always called for. What I’d love to see, although I’m not capable of putting it together myself, would be a full scale accessibility study of Flash and AJAX websites which have been specifically designed with accessibility in mind. User testing, limitations, the whole banana. Accessibility needs better awareness of using Flash. AJAX has received a fair amount of attention: articles from Standards-Schmandards, WebAIM, WebStandards.org, and many others have given developers a fair shot at addressing the limitations and possibilities in AJAX accessibility. Flash has been almost entirely disregarded by the web standards and accessibility community. I’d like to see it given an equal chance. [...]

]]> By: Scared of the Dark? - The Web Standards Project http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-756 Scared of the Dark? - The Web Standards Project Wed, 10 May 2006 11:49:40 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-756 [...] Just a ‘micro-posting’ from me on the topic of Ajax and Accessibility. With the recent research presented by fully-sighted gurus James Edwards and Joe Clark, many of us have been enlightened once more to the need for creating accessible web applications in the face of new techniques that update page content without a page refresh. This quote, from an article in Computerworld, really brought home the impact of not paying heed to to this and just how confusing some of the new web applications can be for blind users. Note that the person quoted is blind and emphasis added is mine: [...] [...] Just a ‘micro-posting’ from me on the topic of Ajax and Accessibility. With the recent research presented by fully-sighted gurus James Edwards and Joe Clark, many of us have been enlightened once more to the need for creating accessible web applications in the face of new techniques that update page content without a page refresh. This quote, from an article in Computerworld, really brought home the impact of not paying heed to to this and just how confusing some of the new web applications can be for blind users. Note that the person quoted is blind and emphasis added is mine: [...]

]]> By: Joe Clark http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Joe Clark Fri, 05 May 2006 13:34:55 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-606 I knew nothing about it <em>so I did research</em>. I knew nothing about it so I did research.

]]> By: Britney http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Britney Fri, 05 May 2006 08:43:32 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-597 It seems odd to me that someone who says they know nothing about it would be giving a speech about it Joe Clark. Even still i would have loved to have been in attendance at the Iceland confrence i know I will make next years. Thanks for the tip Ian to absorb i was just flying thru it. In my opinon why waste the time trying when there are so many other viable web standards options out there. It seems odd to me that someone who says they know nothing about it would be giving a speech about it Joe Clark. Even still i would have loved to have been in attendance at the Iceland confrence i know I will make next years.

Thanks for the tip Ian to absorb i was just flying thru it. In my opinon why waste the time trying when there are so many other viable web standards options out there.

]]> By: Joe Clark http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Joe Clark Thu, 04 May 2006 19:25:07 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-585 OK, <a href="http://joeclark.org/ice/" title="Speaking notes and usability-test results" rel="nofollow">everything’s up now</a>. Seems like a lot of data coming out all in the same week. OK, everything’s up now. Seems like a lot of data coming out all in the same week.

]]> By: Joe Clark http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Joe Clark Thu, 04 May 2006 12:52:31 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-580 Oh, James, you scooper, you. I am still proofing the speaking notes and original test results from my <a href="http://joeclark.org/ice/" rel="nofollow">Iceland presentation</a> on the topic. Should be up today. Hint: All Jaws and VoiceOver users tested could use Basecamp, to my surprise. It was not, however, very convenient in most cases. Oh, James, you scooper, you. I am still proofing the speaking notes and original test results from my Iceland presentation on the topic. Should be up today. Hint: All Jaws and VoiceOver users tested could use Basecamp, to my surprise. It was not, however, very convenient in most cases.

]]> By: volldamm.net » AJAX i lectors de pantalla http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-577 volldamm.net » AJAX i lectors de pantalla Thu, 04 May 2006 10:52:51 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-577 [...] Via webstandards.org m’arriba un article molt interesant sobre el funcionament dels lectors de pantalla davant dels elements AJAX i per tant sobre l’accessibilitat d’aquesta tecnologia. [...] [...] Via webstandards.org m’arriba un article molt interesant sobre el funcionament dels lectors de pantalla davant dels elements AJAX i per tant sobre l’accessibilitat d’aquesta tecnologia. [...]

]]> By: Louise Dade http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Louise Dade Thu, 04 May 2006 10:40:25 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-576 I've suspected the results of this research for a while and have been avoiding using AJAX because of it. Now I know I made the right decision for a couple of applications I'm developing - I would be using AJAX merely for the sake of using it and it would be shutting out potential users. I’ve suspected the results of this research for a while and have been avoiding using AJAX because of it. Now I know I made the right decision for a couple of applications I’m developing – I would be using AJAX merely for the sake of using it and it would be shutting out potential users.

]]> By: Pig Pen - Web Standards Compliant Web Design Blog » Blog Archive » AJAX And Screenreaders http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Pig Pen - Web Standards Compliant Web Design Blog » Blog Archive » AJAX And Screenreaders Thu, 04 May 2006 09:54:08 +0000 http://www.webstandards.org/2006/05/04/ajax-accessibility-and-screenreaders/#comment-574 [...] AJAX And Screenreaders - James Edwards reveals his findings on a study into the accessibility issues. (via Buzz) [...] [...] AJAX And Screenreaders – James Edwards reveals his findings on a study into the accessibility issues. (via Buzz) [...]

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