- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:47:38 +0200
- To: Eric Eggert <mail@yatil.de>
- CC: BAD TF <public-wai-eo-badtf@w3.org>
Good point. I will ask some of my contacts to have a look (in addition to Wilco's colleague who apparently did not identify problems). If you know someone who may be interested too, please don't hesitate to ask them to take a look as well. Best, Shadi Eric Eggert wrote: > Hi Group, > > I think we have quite a good implementation for our lightboxes, but it > doesn’t hurt to have a screenreader user look over it. > > Regards, > Eric > > 2009/10/6 Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>: >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Betr.: accessibility/usability issues with lightboxes? >> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:51:32 +0200 >> From: Wilco Fiers <wfiers@bartimeus.nl> >> To: <public-wai-eo-badtf@w3.org>, <shadi@w3.org> >> CC: <andrew@w3.org> >> >> Hi Shadi, >> >> I believe that the lightbox I build for the annotations doesn't cause >> any problems for keyboard users. I've also tested it with a screen >> reader user, and it wasn't a problem. I didn't read anything on these >> sites I hadn't taken into account when building this. I think this >> shouldn't be a problem. >> >> Wilco >> >>>>> Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org> 05-10-09 15:08 >>> >> 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 >> >> -- >> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ | >> WAI International Program Office Activity Lead | >> W3C Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group Chair | >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ | >> WAI International Program Office Activity Lead | >> W3C Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group Chair | >> >> > > > -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ | WAI International Program Office Activity Lead | W3C Evaluation & Repair Tools Working Group Chair |
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