Re: [g-a-devel] How to automatically detect password prompts?

[Francesco Fumanti <francesco fumanti gmx net>]

Hi Will,

Willie Walker wrote:
> > You explicitely named Firefox. But I assume that it applies also to 
> > the other browsers? Or am I wrong?
>
> Well...Firefox is currently the only browser that really supports the 
> AT-SPI.  As the WebKit work progresses, then it too should support the 
> password role.  Note also that some of this also boils down to the 
> content provider marking up their content appropriately so the browser 
> knows what something is.  Here's an example from CITA:
>
> http://test.cita.uiuc.edu/aria/tooltip/tooltip2.php
>
> The ARIA spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/) helps provide a standard 
> for people to use to mark up their content, and is what people should 
> adhere to.  I know Firefox supports ARIA, but I haven't done a complete 
> survey of all browsers out there to see who else does.
>
> The ARIA FAQ is pretty useful, btw:
>
> http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/Web_2.0_Accessibility_with_WAI-ARIA_FAQ 
>
>
> Hope this helps,

You were indeed helpful. Thanks a lot.

Francesco