Re: [orca-list] shortcuts to accesibility bar

[Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkeslewis googlemail com>]

Hermann wrote:
> I personally would prefere a navigation of its own for Orca.
> The accessibility bar is a neat tool, but I think it is not designed for 
> blind or visually impaired users mainly, but for website developers. Its 
> purpose seems to anylyse a webpage.

That contradicts ICITA's own description of the extension:

"The Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension makes it easier for people 
with disabilities to view and navigate web content. Developers can use 
the extension to check their use of structural and styling markup that 
support functional web accessibility."

http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu/

If there's a problem with the toolbar from an end-user perspective or a 
feature you'd like, it would be entirely appropriate to make ICITA aware 
of it by reporting it in their bug tracker:

http://www.disability.uiuc.edu/ita/dwatt/phpbt/

> So what about creating a navigation interface similar to these of 
> Window Eyes. You have one navigation window, where you deside which 
> element you want to list, and you see additional options according what 
> element it is.

What's the advantage of the "one navigation window" over going straight 
to a window concerned with the element you want to list?

Also, if there is an advantage to such a window, why could this not be 
added to a Firefox extension?

> Advantage: There is no need to install lots of extensions in order to 
> make FF more accessible, the screen reader does the job.

One extension is not lots.

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis