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From: Weissenberger, Todd M
Date: Thu, Dec 12 2013 7:44AM
Subject: Accessible Online Calendars
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On behalf of a group here at Iowa: Anyone have any good experience with online calendar accessibility? The group in question wants to implement a pretty sophisticated calendar of events and is concerned about accessibility. One developer questions whether a calendar should be considered tabular data at all.
My thought is that the visual layout can *appear* tabular, for visual convenience, but that another semantic model for events (sorted by date, venue, etc) could be more useful. Ideas?
Todd
T.M. Weissenberger
Web Accessibility Coordinator
University of Iowa
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From: Daniel Tang (dtang)
Date: Thu, Dec 12 2013 12:37PM
Subject: Re: Accessible Online Calendars
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Yes.
I second the above.
Tabulation enhances the information for visual users.
But it is not necessary for users with visual disability.
If the calendar displays information by such key words:
Event, by date, by month / year, or by week.
Daniel
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Subject: [WebAIM] Accessible Online Calendars
On behalf of a group here at Iowa: Anyone have any good experience with online calendar accessibility? The group in question wants to implement a pretty sophisticated calendar of events and is concerned about accessibility. One developer questions whether a calendar should be considered tabular data at all.
My thought is that the visual layout can *appear* tabular, for visual convenience, but that another semantic model for events (sorted by date, venue, etc) could be more useful. Ideas?
Todd
T.M. Weissenberger
Web Accessibility Coordinator
University of Iowa
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319-384-3323