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Re: WAI ARIA - recommendations?

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From: Donald Evans
Date: Apr 12, 2011 8:06AM

I wonder about a case like the new ARIA widgets implementations.
See: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/theofanis1999/

What happens in older browsers when they use one of these new widgets.
Do they still work?



On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Jared Smith < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Implementing ARIA can only make something more accessible. If you add
> ARIA to an existing site or web application, it will be exactly as
> accessible or inaccessible in browsers and AT that don't support it as
> it was before ARIA was added. But in software that does support it, it
> can be made much more accessible (if implemented correctly). And there
> are some complex web apps that cannot be made accessible without ARIA.
>
> Short answer... use it now!
>
> Slightly longer answer... use standard HTML accessibility everywhere
> you can, then use ARIA to enhance that accessibility or to make things
> accessible where HTML accessibility isn't sufficient.
>
> Jared Smith
> WebAIM
>