[Nfb-web] ARIA Elements in CSS

[Arnold Bailey]

Hi Peter,

Very informative podcast. I'll look into aria for future pages. Thanks for
sharing this.

Arnold

On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Peter Donahue <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

>
> Good afternoon everyone,
>
>    This month's FS Cast discussed the use of ARIA, a methodology used to
> improve the accessibility of Rich Internet Applications, (RIAS.) ARIA is an
> acronym for Accessible Rich Internet Applications. If you visited
> www.bookshare.org since it was relaunched earlier this week you'll know
> that
> they've enhanced their site navigation by implementing ARIA on that site.
> I'm all ready playing with the "Role" element and tested it on an affiliate
> site template and was pleased with the results. I'mcurious to know if
> anyone
> has examples of how to include ARIA definitions on a CSS. From what I've
> seen thus far some pseudoclasses would need to be created to designate page
> landmarks as has been done on the new Bookshare Web Site.
>
>    ARIA has other attributes that can be used to enhance the accessibility
> of Web sites and applications that are quite exciting. Let me encourage
> everyone to listen to FS Cast 26; even if you're not a JAWS User. The
> information about ARIA and Web 2.0. You can hear or download the podcast
> at:
> http://www.freedomscientific.com
>
>  This information will be very useful in the future as the Web changes and
> accessibiliyty eveolves to address these needs.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
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