[Javascript] Accessibility (discussion)

Tue Nov 18 22:50:46 CST 2008

I mostly rely on existing JS - DOM - CSS browser capabilities. 

When I say accessibility, I think of people with disabilities.

Few of important improvements would most certainly be keyboard 

navigation, for one; 

Font size scalability for second, and so one... 

Probably high-contrast style scheme available via js - css collaboration

on the fly switch.

I had (relatively) recently come to an idea of making a page that 

will fit on all screen resolutions without breaking the layout design. 

(It required a completely different coding method)

Immediately after that I came to another enhancement possibility idea 

-to make independent content sections independently resize-able, so 

the user can smoothly zoom in and out on the parts of content of his 

interest with simple keyboard control. 

Further enhancement I thought of, was making these sections tab-able 

and to receive focus which can be used to further enhance contrast 

through css, so the user will know where he's at more easily. etc. 

All nice and sound; encapsulated script and new size-styling aproach 

working on all pages. 

When all of this was done it was natural to come to another idea: 

to dynamically adjust the page layout on window drag or resize also. 

But there were issues with some browsers, especially those breaking 

keyboard conventions and some other minor differences in dom handling. 

This is as far as I got by now, but I still think that there are plenty 

of ways that could enhance the user experience relying on other better 

and fresh ideas. 

So far, I think that having a B&W or high contrast grayscale scheme 

available to switch to, is an advance. Dynamic font-size scalability & 

'reset' is a great plus. A 'tab' into a true content section disregarding 

addons and third party adverts in the process is a relief to. 

I also thought of and added a navigational link display monitor, using 

banner area connected to events like mouseover and focus. 

And thisi is all I'm currently aware to deal with when accessibility comes 

in question. 

Any other accessibility reqiurements you can reacall or think of would 

be appreciated for all interested on expanding the accessibility ability 

of their web scripting & design. 

Regards 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                       Troy III                          progressive art enterprise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  > Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:48:36 -0500> From: mdougherty at pbp.com> To: javascript at lists.evolt.org> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Accessibility (discussion)> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Troy III Ajnej <trojani2000 at hotmail.com> wrote:> >> > ...so we can exchange some of our thoughts, stands, and ideas about web accessibility issues and where does JavaScript in collaboration with DOM and CSS manipulations stand when dealing with this consideration field.Is it possible that JavaScript can do more, or even better than any browser has ever done, or is doing right now in dealing with accessibility issues atop currently served web content on the internet.Regards @all> > Javascript can certainly do more as a multi-purpose tool. My concern> is the way in which this tool is used. I've seen too many people> enter ##javascript looking to build an "ajax site" - with no concept> of progressive enhancement or graceful degradation of features. I> think it would be a big win if people would learn to properly separate> markup/style/behavior. There are many excuses; most are indefensible> once the new philosophy is adopted. I don't know how to implement,> but another improvement might be a browser add-on that clearly> identifies tutorials as out-of-date or plain bad advice. Something> like anti-phishing checks for would-be developers to be warned away> from IE-proprietary code and antiquated markup practices. If old> habits are hard to break, "the internet" should stop teaching bad> habits to new developers.> > that's all for now, I'm starting to feel a full-blown rant coming on. :)> _______________________________________________> Javascript mailing list> Javascript at lists.evolt.org> http://lists.evolt.org/mailman/listinfo/javascript
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