RE: Mozilla and UUAG compliance
"Jim Allan" <[email protected]>
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Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Jim Allan, Co-Chair W3C-WAI User Agent Working Group Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 1100 W. 45th St., Austin, Texas 78756 voice 512.206.9315 fax: 512.206.9264 http://www.tsbvi.edu/ "We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us." McLuhan, 1964 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Bolter Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:43 AM To: Jon Gunderson Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mozilla and UUAG compliance I imagine you could put something on the extension page at uiuc, and we could blog about it, maybe write an e-zine article etc. The whole customization via extension angle is interesting to me. I think the customizability of the FF platform is something that could breath life into efforts like Raising The Floor. D On 4/22/09 9:42 AM, Jon Gunderson wrote: > Sure it is something I have been meaning to do for awhile. > > What do you have in mind? Where would you see the conformance claim being posted? > > Jon > > > ---- Original message ---- > >> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:43:32 -0400 >> From: David Bolter<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Mozilla and UUAG compliance >> To: Jon Gunderson<[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> >> Jon, excellent point! >> >> Want to do a review? >> >> D >> On 4/21/09 2:13 PM, Jon Gunderson wrote: >> >> One of the goals of the Firefox Accessibility Extension was to add the UAAG 1.0 required features to Firefox. >> >> I never did a formal review of FF + Firefox Accessibility Extension against UAAG 1.0, but I believe most requirements are satisfied when used in conjunctions with the accessibility extenison. >> >> http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu >> >> There may be also be other extensions that also support compliance with UAAG, like Firevox. >> >> Jon >> >> >> ---- Original message ---- >> >> >> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:28:32 -0400 >> From: David Bolter<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Mozilla and UUAG compliance >> To: Frank Hecker<[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> >> As far as I know, Mozilla is not actively participating in the >> development of the UAAG 2.0. While at CSUN I spoke with James Allan and >> Jeanne Spellman from the W3C, along with other browser developers, and >> there are concerns over the 'do-ability' of the specification as it >> currently stands. We should and hopefully will provide more feedback to >> the UAAG group soon... but with WAI-ARIA, and other FF accessibility >> development, UAAG participation/feedback might fall by the wayside. >> >> I don't know how FF rates relative to other browsers in terms of UAAG 1.0 >> >> David >> >> On 4/21/09 9:06 AM, Frank Hecker wrote: >> >> >> Scott Rippon left the following comment on my blog post about the >> high-level accessibility strategy: "How does Firefox rate against the >> W3C User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0? Should compliance with >> these guidelines be in the strategy? Is Mozilla participating in the >> development of the UAAG 2.0?" >> >> Could any of you comment on this? >> >> Frank >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-accessibility mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-accessibility >> >> >> Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. >> Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility >> Disability Resources and Educational Services >> >> Rehabilitation Education Center >> Room 86 >> 1207 S. Oak Street >> Champaign, Illinois 61821 >> >> Voice: (217) 244-5870 >> >> WWW: http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/ >> WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ >> >> >> >> > Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. > Coordinator Information Technology Accessibility > Disability Resources and Educational Services > > Rehabilitation Education Center > Room 86 > 1207 S. Oak Street > Champaign, Illinois 61821 > > Voice: (217) 244-5870 > > WWW: http://www.cita.uiuc.edu/ > WWW: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jongund/www/ > > > _______________________________________________ > dev-accessibility mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-accessibility > _______________________________________________ dev-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-accessibility