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Title:

Get Rich, Remain Accessible

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Organizer:
Martin Kliehm , BlueMars
Description:
Web applications often have accessibility issues. Anything can be a button or a dialog box. There's no way for a screen reader to know about the functionality of those elements, and often they can't receive keyboard focus. The W3C standards draft for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) addresses those issues. A dual presentation with Gez Lemon of juicystudio.com
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Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Programming, Technical
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Panel
Event:
SXSW Interactive 2008
Martin Kliehm
on 22/8/07
Gez Lemon and I plan to run that presentation together. Gez wrote a great article about ARIA liveregions at juicystudio.com, and I wrote that article at A List Apart. We would like to present:

a) The accessibility problems introduced by the current trend of web applications

b) New ways to add semantic meaning, communicate importance, define relationships, and give focus to elements using WAI-ARIA

c) How to limit the impact of these problems whilst WAI-ARIA is gaining support by user-agents, and techniques that work right now
Tomasz Górski
on 23/8/07
I voted for it! Fully agree with Your idea!
Danny Tuppeny
on 24/8/07
I won't be able to attend, but agree with the ideas - good luck!
Bobby Mac
on 28/8/07
I voted for it 2.
Thank :)
April Holle
on 21/9/07
I think this is a great topic! The most overlooked by developers but a really important part of making the web usable for everyone.
Tommy Korstel
on 5/11/07
Great Idea, i wish you good luck, hope it will succed, voted too
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on 20/5/08
Reference: Very helpful, thanks!!
air jordan
on 11/12/08
Nice article. Very helpful, thanks!!
Nike Air Force One
on 17/3/09
Very insightful..
blu ray ripper
on 13/11/09
Terrific info in support of small enterprise. Great idea!
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