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

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From: Peter Krantz
Date: Mar 4, 2009 8:50AM

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 16:19, Despain, Dallas < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
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>  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