Re: Ember.js and Accessibility

Nathan and others who may be interested in Ember and similar frameworks:

Here's a link to a similar discussion Jennison 
already started on the WebAIM email list, 
including posts that I sent in which I tried to 
help him there. Unfortunately, I see my best 
efforts to keep the thread in tact may not have worked:
http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=6991

and
http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=6933


And here's another recent article that some may find helpful:

Single page applications, Angular.js and accessibility » Simply Accessible
http://simplyaccessible.com/article/spangular-accessibility/

My hope in posting these links to the WAI list is 
to help gather interested folks together in the 
Ember space, though it looks like this focus on 
ember is pretty much coming from Linked In, as 
evidenced by this post on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-accessible-ember-app-sarah-clatterbuck

My hope also is to prevent fragmentation of 
effort; fixing each of these frameworks, after 
they're out in the world (one champion/company at 
a time). . . well, it's all a matter of scale, isn't it?

As I see it, these frameworks aren't built with 
accessibility in mind because there's a 
fundamental lack of education. and as we all 
know, they're much harder to fix, after the fact.

Good luck to all. I do my part where and when I can to foster collaboration.

And as Phil suggested, please learn from others 
who have gone down this path already, including 
those who have actively been working to improve 
Angular, like Marcy Sutton (no relation).

Best,
Jennifer

Received on Thursday, 18 June 2015 23:13:07 UTC