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Re: When will developers be able to rely on ARIA?

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From: Despain, Dallas
Date: Mar 4, 2009 11:35AM

Thanks everyone including Jared, Christian and Peter for the encouragement. There's an exciting time coming for accessibility. Now I need to present my findings to management and convince them that it's best to start implementing now. The question they will ask is will it help us certify compliant? That's where I'm less sure. In the real world can companies trust that disabled users are able to access content? I hope so. In the end, our only other choice besides implementing aria is going back to controls that aren't nearly as rich which isn't really an option if we want to move forward is it?

Dallas Despain | RightNow Technologies | Developer | 406-556-3454 | Salt Lake City, UT


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From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Peter Krantz
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:50 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] When will developers be able to rely on ARIA?

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 16:19, Despain, Dallas < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>  The question is will it be soon enough?

Tool-makers (of e.g. screen readers and browsers) need pressure from
their customers to adopt new standards. If more sites use WAI-ARIA
adoption rates will increase. By being an early adopter you are
contributing to making the web and assistive devices better so I say
go for it!

Peter Krantz
www.standards-schmandards.com