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Re: Google Chrome Frame for Screen Readers?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jun 26, 2015 7:35AM

> On 26 Jun 2015, at 14:44, Robert Fentress < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> Perhaps it would be too difficult to develop or maintain or you
> would incur too big of a performance hit to implement this with
> JavaScript.

My hunch is yes, on both counts. Also, most of this would not readily work for AT on touch devices, as there is no way currently - that I know of - to go into "application" mode and handle gestures yourself.

In short, I think it's an interesting thought experiment, but not practical. I'd rather see small, very focussed little polyfills that fix/bridge one very specific shortcoming at a time.

P