Re: [orca-list] Internet accessibility was: Re: form field structural

[Joanmarie Diggs <joanmarie diggs gmail com>]

Hi Krishnakant.

> if browsers can provide certain ctutial features like links list and
> frames list then firstly, the job of the screen reader developers will
> be at least some what relaxed because it is a very donting task
> indeed.  secondly all screen readers will be able to take advantage of
> that feature.

Exactly!  That is why we're very hopeful that the Firefox Accessibility
Extension will be updated to work with Firefox 3 soon.   Currently it is
only compatible with Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.  The Orca team had a conference
call with the developers of the extension a few weeks ago, and the
impression that I personally got is that compatibility with 3.0 is
definitely on their to-do list.

This extension includes navigation by:

* Headings
* Menu/Nav Bar
* Image maps
* Links
* Forms
* Data Tables
* Language Changes
* Frames
* Items with Access Keys

In addition, you can use it to turn off CSS on a page.  This feature
comes in handy when a style sheet impacts the accessibility of a page --
which, unfortunately, it sometimes does. :-(

Information can be found here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1891

Take care.
Joanie