Re: Plone CMS improvement ideas: please support accessibility

Quoting "Accessys@smart.net" <accessys@smart.net>:
> 
> would be a lot easier to vote if the *#@% were accessible and WAI
> compliant.  requires javascript to vote.   can read it fine, just
> can't vote

I'm afraid I hadn't checked the accessibility of the system. 
When I find the time, I will contact http://UserVoice.com/ with the
advice from http://www.w3.org/WAI/EO/Drafts/responding/ (draft!).

I also noticed that the votes for accessibility have more than doubled
(currently 60 votes)!

Best regards,

Christophe Strobbe

> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Christophe Strobbe wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Plone CMS has a voting page for improvement ideas at
> > <http://plone.uservoice.com/pages/20503-plone-improvement-ideas>.
> >
> > Accessibility is at rank 13, far behind, for example, SVG support
> and
> > calendar improvements.
> >
> > Some extra "encouragement" to improve accessibility looks like a
> good
> > idea. There are only 9 votes left!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Christophe Strobbe
> >
> >
> > P.S. Ticket 9298 at <https://dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/9298>
> > requests implementation of WAI-ARIA landmarks. (You need a login
> to
> > see the ticket.) The suggestion came from Peter Krantz:
> >
>
<http://www.standards-schmandards.com/2009/wai-aria-landmark-roles-in-cms-themes/>.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Christophe Strobbe
> 
> -
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