On 19 Dec 2008, at 10:48, Maria De Monte wrote:
Hello folks,
talking about web 2.0 and its moving toward a 3.0 era, I've been
questioning myself about how web 2.0 has prompted accessibility
problems by people with disabilities. It seems to me, in fact, that
disability matters are still solved with classic solutions.
However, I think the possibilites given by web 2.0, and the new
coding languages which came up with it, give huge possibilities
towards shaping web services to solve disability concerns in web
surfing.
Have you any good examples of web 2.0 applications with strong
disability concerns?
[snip]
You might find some of the AbilityNet Accessibility 2.0 Podcasts of
interest. See <http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/newsarticle68>.
There's some nice stuff about things like EasyYouTube (a YouTube
player aimed at folk with learning disabilities), accessibiity of
web2.0 apps like twitter, ARIA support in screen readers, etc.
There was one talk (sorry - the speaker escapes me at the moment) that
introduced me to the interesting idea that while some web apps are
written in a way that is inaccessible for use for some groups - they
also help access in other areas.
e.g. while many of Flickr's forms and widgets are inaccessible - they
make it much more likely that folk tag, describe, etc. the photos -
which in turn makes the resources more accessible.
Not listened to them all yet - but some are quite interesting.
Adrian
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