Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Extensions to Internet Explorer that support people with disabilities and functional testing for accessibility

On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Jon Gunderson wrote:

this is all well and good, and I applaude your efforts, but how does this
make the internet accessible, nor does it fully meet the standards set in
508 unless this software and the required supporting software must be
provided at no cost to the user for it to meet the standards.  and people
who write websites expecting this software to make them compliant would be
decieved since it only supports certain proprietary software and operating
systems that must be purchased at sometimes great cost.

Bob


> 
> I am pleased to announce the availability of a beta version of a set of 
> extensions to Internet Explorer that provide the following functions:
> 
> 1. List of links (Alt-F12)
> 2. List of headers (Alt-F11)
> 3. List of MAP elements and associated links (Alt-F10)
> 4. List of Accesskeys (Alt-F9)
> 
> More information and download from:
> http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/software/ieaccessible/index.html
> 
> Future features include:
> 1. List of FRAMES
> 2. List of FORM Controls (use label as the form control title)
> 3. Toggle images (one step through keyboard)
> 4. Render conditional content (ABBR, ACRONYM , ALT)
> 5. Apply alternative author style sheets (through one step dialog box)
> 6. Apply alternative user style sheets (through one step dialog box)
> 7. Activate pointer events through the keyboard
> 
> Jon
> 
> 
> 
> Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
> Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology
> Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services
> MC-574
> College of Applied Life Studies
> University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
> 1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL  61820
> 
> Voice: (217) 244-5870
> Fax: (217) 333-0248
> 
> E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu
> 
> WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/
> WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund
> 
> 

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve Neither liberty nor safety",    Benjamin Franklin
-   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -   -
   ASCII Ribbon Campaign                        accessBob                       
    NO HTML/PDF/RTF in e-mail                   accessys@smartnospam.net       
    NO MSWord docs in e-mail                    Access Systems, engineers       
    NO attachments in e-mail,  *LINUX powered*   access is a civil right 
*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
THIS message and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL and may be
privileged.  They are intended ONLY for the individual or entity named

Received on Tuesday, 9 March 2004 11:06:00 UTC