Progressive enhancement and accessibility. Hmmm. I am not sure about this, I thought accessibility was about providing access to websites from all angles, not progressivly enhancing access to users with more up to date technology or browsers.
Would it not be better to include ARIA markup in HTML5 rather than trying to adapt it to the current version of HTML? Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of ARIA. It just seems like another quick fix to plug the current problems. I can't imagine ARIA markup being used all that much anyway (I will use it, but I am talking about the majority of other developers). One of the reasons is because the majority of poor developers out there cannot be bothered to learn anything new and don't give a hoot about accessibility. The state of the web at the moment in terms of accessibility is poor anyway. I was speaking with a top PHP developer not so long back. He works for a company and is on serious money, and even he little idea about accessibility on the web. I think before we start implementing new ideas we need to inform the the current and the up and coming developers about accessibility. Its not my place to say what should and what shouldn't happen on the web, these are just my views. It kind of reminds me of microformats. A brilliant idea but underused by developers. I am just going to carry on learning, and hope that the ARIA reaches its goals and targets and doesn't get brushed under the carpet. James On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Laura Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about browsers that don't support ARIA markup? >>> >> >> Graceful degradation (if the page is well written). >> > > Or progressive enhancement. > > Some references: > http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/javascript#access > > A good intro to WAI ARIA by Gez Lemon: > http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/introduction-to-wai-aria/ > > Best Regards, > Laura > ___________________________________________ > Laura L. Carlson > Information Technology Systems and Services > University of Minnesota Duluth > Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 > http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/ > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
