Re: WebKit and GNOME

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs apple com>]

On Apr 2, 2008, at 8:14 AM, David Bolter wrote:

> Hi Maciej,
>
> Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> > On Apr 1, 2008, at 12:13 PM, David Bolter wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hi Maciej,
> > >
> > > Thanks very much for providing this information. I have a brief   
> > > comment about your accessibility section below:
> > >
> > >
> > > This wording "Sometimes ARIA is mentioned in the context of    
> > > accessibility - this is an interesting technology for future web   
> > > apps" doesn't seem quite right to me. ARIA enabled browsers such  
> > > as  Firefox provide access to ARIA enabled DHTML applications  
> > > today.  Opera and IE8 are adding support today. Google is putting  
> > > ARIA into  its web applications.
> >
> > So far as I know, there isn't any major web app yet that is  
> > already  using ARIA. I would appreciate correction on this front if  
> > I have  missed anything.
> Sure. I'm not sure what classifies as a major web app, but how about  
> google reader?
> http://www.google.com/reader/view/?ui=axs

I did find Google Reader in the FAQ just now, but it took me a while  
to find the ARIA-enhanced version, since the main version does not  
have ARIA markup and just has an invisible link. I'm looking right now  
for actual signs of ARIA markup in the axs version using the live DOM  
view of the Safari web inspector, I can't seem to find any elements  
with aria-* attributes on them. Can anyone help me figure out where to  
look?

(In-the-wild use of ARIA is important for us for prioritization, and  
eventually testing, which is why I'd like to know about it.)

Cheers,
Maciej