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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Sep 15, 2016 7:05AM

Great thread people, this is so true.
The problem with accessible web content is also its greatest strength,
it is constantly evolving, and we make sure that you don't require a
PHD in rocket science to put your content out on the web, but if that
content is to be made accessible all the players in the chain, from
the software you use to author your content to the assistive
technology that translates it into information most suitable for the
end users does its part and, yes, where is the end user in all this?
I don't know how many times I received complaints from NVDA users when
I used a modal popup dialog and NVDA was stuck in forms mode.
The users just did not know that pressing NVDA-spacebar turned the mode off.
The bug has been sitting with NVDA for years and either has not been
fixed yet, or they think it isn't a bug but a "feature" (note, not
verified for 2016.3).
And NVDA are great, responsive, and do an incredible job (just so
people know Iam not singling them out, they are just an easy target
because they do the right thing and make their bug tracking system
public).
I don't have the answers either, other than just continuing to file
bugs when they are encountered and working on the ARIA Authroing
Practices guide to make ARIA easier to understand and use.
I still think we have come a longway from the days of DHTML and Flash,
let's not forget it, but there is an even longer road ahead.




On 9/15/16, Jamous, JP < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Sorry Jim. I am not following you. Can you word your question differently?
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