Comments on: Last week in the “Accessible” module, April 20, 2009 http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/04/20/last-week-in-the-accessible-module-april-20-2009/ Musings, tips and tricks about the accessible software world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marco http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/04/20/last-week-in-the-accessible-module-april-20-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-14147 Marco Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:44:40 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=149#comment-14147 Hi Artur, right now, WAI-ARIA landmarks are a pure screen reader feature and not used by any UI elements in Firefox or other browsers as far as I know. However, this is a great idea, and I'll definitely let our Firefox project manager know. Also, there is always the possibility that someone writes an extension to do exactly this. So if you know someone or have programming skills yourself, why not start hacking on this yourself? Hi Artur,

right now, WAI-ARIA landmarks are a pure screen reader feature and not used by any UI elements in Firefox or other browsers as far as I know. However, this is a great idea, and I’ll definitely let our Firefox project manager know.

Also, there is always the possibility that someone writes an extension to do exactly this. So if you know someone or have programming skills yourself, why not start hacking on this yourself?

]]> By: Artur Räpp http://www.marcozehe.de/2009/04/20/last-week-in-the-accessible-module-april-20-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-14101 Artur Räpp Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:58:27 +0000 http://www.marcozehe.de/?p=149#comment-14101 Is it possible to add Landmarks markers to Firefox scrollbar or somewhere on the screen? I am JAWS user but this allows sighted users to navigate on the page more quickly and webmaster's understand landmarks role better. And If webmaster's understand landmarks role better, then they use landmarks more often. For example: if user scrolls a long document and page navigation menu (marked with aria menu role) disappears from screen, then menu button/marker appears on the scrollbar. And if user clicks on it, then navigation menu appears on the screen. (quicker than usual scrolling) And how about outline view like in Microsoft Word? And automated generator table of contents|marked tables )| marked images ..? Is it possible to add Landmarks markers to Firefox scrollbar or somewhere on the screen? I am JAWS user but this allows sighted users to navigate on the page more quickly and webmaster’s understand landmarks role better. And If webmaster’s understand landmarks role better, then they use landmarks more often.
For example: if user scrolls a long document and page navigation menu (marked with aria menu role) disappears from screen, then menu button/marker appears on the scrollbar. And if user clicks on it, then navigation menu appears on the screen. (quicker than usual scrolling)
And how about outline view like in Microsoft Word? And automated generator table of contents|marked tables )| marked images ..?

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