I came across this very good article on how to write accessible metro apps with html 5 and javascript. It is mostly the same things as those you would use to create an accessible web page but is a good place for someone looking for accessibility guidance for windows 8 metro apps:
Showing posts with label ARIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ARIA. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Sunday, June 15, 2008
ARIA and UI frameworks
ARIA is the upcoming w3c recommendation for making rich internet apps accessible.
I tried looking around for how many rich application platforms/development libraries are building support for this. Here is what I found:
- Silverlight2 has announced support for ARIA this year.
- ASp.net is not talking about ARIA anywhere that I could find. They are sticking with the existing accessibility they have with html...although I would have thought it would have been better with all the interactive features being packed into asp.net controls.
- Flash is still with the MSAA world. I don't know enough about Flash to say if they will move to ARIA or UIA going forward.
- DOJO is an ajax toolkit that is building ARIA support in its widgets. However, my browser hangs every time I try to visit dojo's accessibility page.
- Ruby doesn't seem to be talking about ARIA either. But again I don't know enough about ruby to say that I've looked around enough to state this.
I tried looking around for how many rich application platforms/development libraries are building support for this. Here is what I found:
- Silverlight2 has announced support for ARIA this year.
- ASp.net is not talking about ARIA anywhere that I could find. They are sticking with the existing accessibility they have with html...although I would have thought it would have been better with all the interactive features being packed into asp.net controls.
- Flash is still with the MSAA world. I don't know enough about Flash to say if they will move to ARIA or UIA going forward.
- DOJO is an ajax toolkit that is building ARIA support in its widgets. However, my browser hangs every time I try to visit dojo's accessibility page.
- Ruby doesn't seem to be talking about ARIA either. But again I don't know enough about ruby to say that I've looked around enough to state this.
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