Re: Please vote on the canvas accessibility proposal

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:38:13 +0100, Silvia Pfeiffer  
<silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com> wrote:


> I actually am starting to regard this as an educational problem. We
> need to create a truckload of examples of different types of <canvas>
> use where the canvas has been made accessible. Web developers use such
> examples as templates for their own code. Honestly, that will do more
> to make more <canvas> elements accessible than the introduction of an
> element that lets them get away with a get-out-of-jail-free card.

I've been trying to keep up with the emails about this while travelling  
as, imo, this is the hardest html5 accessibility problem to solve.

I think Silvia is exactly right here. We know, for example, that the alt  
attribute on images (and accesskey to facilitate keyboard access) haven't  
let to a renaiassance of accessible web sites. It's about education.  
(Although I do support imagemap additions to canvas)

bruce


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Received on Thursday, 25 February 2010 12:51:12 UTC