Re: SPAM(10.2) Google Chrome Accessibility: was: Re: [WebAIM] Using Google Chrome with a screen reader

Thank you Jonas for letting us know the status of the Google apporach on
accessibility first hand. After all, the release of Google Chrome is a Beta.
Many say, to cover your back, but in all development, new releases must be
tested. So, releasing a completely new web browser in final cut so to speak
would be a new way of doing it.
I hope to see updates directly from source here on Google Chrome process. Is
that a possibility, Jonas?

Best regards,

Joachim Andersson
Web Accessibility Specialist


2008/9/5 David Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>

>
> I'm looking forward to trying it out with VoiceOver.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonas Klink" <klink@google.com>
> To: <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie>
> Cc: "Steven Faulkner" <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>; <joshue.oconnor@ncbi.ie
> >;
> "WebAIM Discussion List" <webaim-forum@list.webaim.org>;
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> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Using Google Chrome with a screen reader
>
>
> Google Chrome, our new Open Source browser released on
> Tuesday<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html
> >,
> strives to innovate and drive development on the web. This certainly
> extends
> to all of our users, and the issue of accessibility is no different.
>
> In the spirit of releasing early and iterating, this version of Chrome has
> focused on basic support for keyboard navigation and
> shortcuts<
> http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95743&query=keyboard+shortcuts&topic=&type=
> >,
> as well as a clean user interface that is simple for all users to navigate.
> At the same time, we have laid the foundations in place for exposing the
> appropriate information through the Windows Accessibility APIs (used by
> screen readers, etc.), as well as support for
> WAI-ARIA<http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria>.
> Users can expect rapid improvements in both of these areas in releases to
> come.
>
> Accessibility is important to us, and we have for some time worked on its
> implementation. We look forward to releasing this, and making further
> improvements for our users.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jonas Klink
> Software Engineer - Accessibility
> Google Inc.
>
> On 9/3/08, Joshue O Connor <joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > Thanks for the overview of the somewhat limited accessibility features of
> > the new browser. I think the under the hood improvements with Chrome are
> > very impressive and it is a pity that it is let down by it's current
> > inability to work with  screen readers.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Josh
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Jonas Klink
> Software Engineer - Accessibility
> Google, Inc.
> Phone: 650.253.8701
> Email: klink@google.com
>
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