- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:27:22 +0100
- To: public-html-a11y@w3.org, wai-xtech@w3.org
aloha! a while ago, the HTML Accessibility Task Force list was asked, "what are some of the accessiblity problems with bugzilla" -- here are a few to start: 1. no headers on pages to organize / give structure to content; 2. use of TABLE to control layout; 3. bug submission interface particularly bad: 3.1. comboboxes set to fire onChange events which lack explicit submission mechanisms; 3.2. when selecting a component the dynamically updated "Component Description" lacks an ARIA live-region, so the description is not communicated to, for example, a screen reader user. 3.3. the FORM is embedded in a TABLE -- this means that i as a speech user need to use TABLE-mode to navigate the table, tnen drop into (mutually exclusive) forms-mode to interact with the forms; 4. overall, the bugzilla interface could use an overhaul or at least the addition of some serious ARIA markup; those are MERELY the "brightest of the lowlights" of bugzilla -- i'm sure there are others who will chime in on bugzilla's weaknesses, gregory. ------------------------------------------------------------------- CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net UBATS - United Blind Advocates for Talking Signs: http://ubats.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------
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