Monthly Archives: August 2008

WebVisum had to switch to an invitational registration system, I can give out invites!

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Marco

As you may have read on the WebVisum website, the team had to switch to an invitation-based registration system. The spambot abuse attempts became such a toll on the team after such a short time already that they were forced … Continue reading →

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Jim Zemlin on this year’s breakout of the Linux desktop

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Marco

Jim Zemlin of the Linux foundation wrote a very good post on this year being the year of the Linux desktop breakthrough. One thing he did only mention marginally, but which I think is just as important for certain users/markets, … Continue reading →

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JAWS 10 public beta’s Firefox 3 support: A review

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Marco

In the August issue of the “FS Cast” podcast, Freedom Scientific announced the soon-to-be expected availability of JAWS 10 public beta. They also demoed many of the new features, like the automatic forms mode switching. They also mentioned that they … Continue reading →

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A job opportunity in Mozilla accessibility!

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Marco

The Mozilla Corporation has the following job opportunity available: The Mozilla Corporation is looking for a full time engineer to develop accessibility in its software. The job will involve working with a small team to develop support for a wide … Continue reading →

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New: Firefox 3 with Screen Readers FAQ online!

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Marco

After the release of Firefox 3, it became apparent that there were many questions that came up again and again on the various mailing lists. The accessibility team along with several community members formulated a set of frequently asked questions … Continue reading →

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ARIA in Gmail #2: Enhancing the Chat experience

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Marco

This post continues a series on the implementation of ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) in Gmail. On July 30, Orca team lead Willie Walker forwarded a message to the Orca mailing list titled Orca & gmail. The message is originally … Continue reading →

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More ARIA in the news

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Marco

As I’m catching up with news after my return from Whistler, I have two suggested ARIA-related readings for you: Gez Lemon of the Opera Developer community has posted an article titled Introduction to WAI ARIA. This is probably the most … Continue reading →

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Progress on automated testing for the accessibility module

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Marco

Today, I checked in two changes that allow the unit tests we’ve developed for the accessibility module so far, to run on what we call a staging server. A staging server is a server that simulates production conditions, but isn’t … Continue reading →

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ARIA in Gmail #1: Alerts

Posted on August 4, 2008 by Marco

Google have recently started to put ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) into GMail. This means that ARIA is now getting a lot more exposure than it used to, with GMail being probably one of the most widely used web applications … Continue reading →

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