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Re: internet explorer crashes when running jaws

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From: Aaron Cannon
Date: Dec 12, 2008 2:15PM

I would actually have to disagree somewhat with the assertion:
"If you are attempting to achieve accessibility within an AJAX application without implementing ARIA you are unlikely to achieve much success."

While I do believe that ARIA is a much better option, it is not always an impossible task to make a dynamic web application accessible to screen reader users. Of course, a lot depends on what the application needs to do, and many common AJAXish behaviors are impossible to make accessible without ARIA, but many other AJAX-based features can be made to work just fine.

Of course, it's difficult to get specific without knowing what you're actually trying to do, but I wouldn't just dismiss the possibility of making a dynamic application accessible to screen reader users without some investigation first.

Aaron


-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Despain, Dallas
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 12:04 AM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] internet explorer crashes when running jaws

You're probably right Mike. Thanks.

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


-----Original Message-----
From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Moore, Michael
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:25 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] internet explorer crashes when running jaws

I think that you need to reconsider your test environment. JAWS does not
offer ARIA support (active regions) prior to version 10 and Internet
Explorer does not support ARIA prior to version 8. If you are attempting
to achieve accessibility within an AJAX application without implementing
ARIA you are unlikely to achieve much success.

That being said, both JAWS 10 and IE demand considerable resources.
Good performance for JAWS requires a good video card - I know that is
not intuitive but it is true.

Mike


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