I'm posting this here because it is directly from google. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonas Klink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 6:55 PM Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Using Google Chrome with a screen reader
Google Chrome, our new Open Source browser released on Tuesday<http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html>, strives to innovate and drive development on the web. This certainly extends to all of our users, and the issue of accessibility is no different. In the spirit of releasing early and iterating, this version of Chrome has focused on basic support for keyboard navigation and shortcuts<http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95743&query=keyboard+shortcuts&topic=&type=>, as well as a clean user interface that is simple for all users to navigate. At the same time, we have laid the foundations in place for exposing the appropriate information through the Windows Accessibility APIs (used by screen readers, etc.), as well as support for WAI-ARIA<http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria>. Users can expect rapid improvements in both of these areas in releases to come. Accessibility is important to us, and we have for some time worked on its implementation. We look forward to releasing this, and making further improvements for our users. Sincerely, Jonas Klink Software Engineer - Accessibility Google Inc.
