I'd like to give a quick update on the state of WebKit accessibility support, and clarify a few things. 1) Our accessibility code refactoring is complete; the Mac-specific code is now cleanly separated from a Mac-specific back end. 2) We have added a second back end for Windows MSAA. This validates the cross-platform accessibility architecture and the relative ease of adding a back end. (But it will still be up to GNOME/Gtk-focused hackers or other ports targeting Linux to add a back end for AT-SPI). 3) We have recently added support for global tabIndex, a prerequisite for ARIA: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/32664>. We've also landed an initial patch for a small bit of partial ARIA support: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/32694>. We realize there is a long way to go on this but I thought people here may want to know that things are underway. To address some specific questions: On Apr 17, 2008, at 5:29 AM, Willie Walker wrote: For a first pass, if WebKit were to provide AT-SPI equivalent to Gecko I can't really make firm commitments on behalf of Apple or the WebKit project as a whole, but you can probably guess that we're not going to stop working on it. Another thing of great importance is to make sure WebKit Scrolling read-only content and focus navigation are built-in, including the newly minted support for tabIndex. On Apr 16, 2008, at 7:05 AM, David Bolter wrote: Is there any accessibility support work happening for DHTML web You will notice the first of these is RESOLVED/FIXED. Note that WebKit's built-in accessibility recognizes both controls and script-installed click event handlers to detect activatable elements and expose these actions to AT, so less complex DHTML will often work ok without any ARIA markup. On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Shaun McCance wrote:
You may find some of these things are accessible without the need for ARIA, since appropriately marked up clickable controls are exposed to AT in any case. I would advise testing. Hope this helps. Best Regards, Maciej |