Re: accessibility/usability issues with lightboxes?

Hi guys

The issues are related to dumb implementations of 'overlay' elements. 
And the ssbbart 'solution' is very hacky.

The implementation of the annotations needs to be judged simply by 
whether they make sense to users, and in particular, to screen reader users.

Shadi Abou-Zahra wrote:
> Dear group,
> 
> Andrew made me aware of some current blogs and articles discussing the 
> usability and accessibility of lightboxes. As far as I can tell, these 
> issues are primarily related to keyboard accessibility of the jQuery 
> implementation. I'm not sure how much this applies to our annotations.
> 
> Does somebody volunteer to verify this?
> 
> Some of the relevant resources:
>  - http://standards-next.org/
>  - https://www.ssbbartgroup.com/blog/2009/04/07/lightbox-accessibility/
>  - https://amp.ssbbartgroup.com - requires sign-up
>  - http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=10487
> 
> Best,
>   Shadi
> 

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Received on Tuesday, 6 October 2009 13:41:26 UTC