Re: WebKit and GNOME

[David Bolter <david bolter utoronto ca>]

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 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?
>   

You can see aria- markup in the html view of Firebug on FF.  Here's a 
screenshot:
http://david-bolters-computer.local/workspace/exploratory/google-reader-aria.png

(I squished the window to waste less bits)

In this example the body has the aria-activedescendent specified. I 
imagine Google might be injecting the aria markup (via AxsJax) so I'm no 
sure what to expect on Safari. I tried using Drosera on Webkit but 
didn't see the markup there either. Maybe Charles or T.V. will chime in :)

cheers,
David



> (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
>
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