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Artur Ortega AJAX and mobile web: Challenges and chances for accessibility 2.0 Funkas Tillgänglighetsdagar Stockholm 14 - 15 April 2010 www.funkanu.se
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We learned about the last ten years how to make WebPages accessible. But the WebPages changed dramatically. They became fully interactive applications with a lot of new models of interaction. Additionally the web became our all day companion - as well for persons with disabilities. This created new challenges for accessibility but on the same time a lot of new chances for a new kind of accessibility. This talk will give some insights how WAI-ARIA, open APIs and Javascript in general increased accessibility. Finally bridging to the mobile web the talk will provide a view out of the box. Examples how applications not primarily intended for persons with disabilities changed their daily live. The talk will close with a engaging view into the future to encourage everyone to provide new digital services in an accessible way and perhaps shaping a new great inclusive world.
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Artur OrtegaAJAX and mobile web:
Challenges and chances
for accessibility 2.0
Funkas TillgänglighetsdagarStockholm
14 - 15 April 2010www.funkanu.se
Who is Artur Ortega?
Blind Software Engineer
Who is Artur Ortega?
Introduction
"To be surprised, to wonder, is to begin to understand.” –Jose Ortega y Gasset
History
Static content
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Collaborative knowledge
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Simple forms
Today
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Javascript
Automatic conversion from simple, accessible data tables to YUI Charts
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Javascript
Easy YouTube player by Christian Heilmann
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AJAX
Currency converter
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AJAX
Facebook on the new Yahoo! homepage
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YQL
Using YQL to translate Twitter search results into Swedish
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API
Accessible Twitter
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Mobile
Foursquare
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Mobile
Compass
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Mobile
Navigation
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Mobile
Yahoo! Messenger
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Mobile
Other useful applications
• Starbucks• Toiluxe• Qype Radar• Tube Deluxe• London Bus• Tesco Clubcard
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Tomorrow
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Accessibility
After being surprised by the extent to which accessible web and mobile apps can improve independence, we start to wonder what impact an accessible environment has, and we begin to understand the fundamental need for accessibility to create a better tomorrow.
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Conclusion
“Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do.”
–Jose Ortega y Gasset
Accessibility
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Artur Ortega
Accessibility Evangelist Yahoo! Europe Ltd125 Shaftesbury AvenueLondon WC2H 8ADUnited [email protected]
