www-306.ibm.com— How Firefox became the world's most accessible web browser (for users with disabilities), and what work still needs to be done. By Aaron Leventhal, the owner of the Mozilla accessibility module.
Oct 31, 2006View in Crawl 4
They're not getting more and more attention. What they're getting is continual attention from the same group of people.How many new users do you think firefox/ubuntu/etc gets because of a pitch on digg?
I don't think Apple makes Safari for OS7 nor does KDE make Konquerer for KDE 1.1Why the f**k don't you post this fact out along with your anti-MS rant?
The for-profit aspect doesn't matter, since Mozilla Corporation exists solely to support the purposes of the foundation. These are just legal definitions, so I just don't see why anyone is concerned.
Accessibility means software is usable by people with disabilities. Opera is not usable by people who are blind, that operate software with a screen reader like JAWS or Window-Eyes.Firefox is the first web browser to work on making Web 2.0 / AJAX / DHTML applications accessible.
>Accessibility means software is usable by people with disabilities. Opera is not >usable by people who are blind, that operate software with a screen reader like>JAWS or Window-Eyes.Big lieOpera is by far much more accessible.Opera has built-in default keyboard shortcuts for all common actions, many of them are one key shortcuts. It supports mouse gestures allowing control with the mouse only.It's currently the only browser which supports spatial navigation.It has FULL voice control, and READS the web-page for you.It supports full web-page zoom.It has a set of user style-sheets, to enhance several elements in the web-page, or change the display to high contrast for fonts, which can be easily triggered in the View menu.Firefox has none of these except almost for the keyboard shortcuts.
thepxcNov 1, 2006
@HaroldHe's high on righteous, glorious, geeky anger, and you're just raining all over his love parade!
Closed AccountNov 1, 2006
They're not getting more and more attention. What they're getting is continual attention from the same group of people.How many new users do you think firefox/ubuntu/etc gets because of a pitch on digg?
saifatlastNov 1, 2006
Actually that isn't a complete sentence. It lacks a predicate.Just sayin'.
iq70Nov 1, 2006
I don't think Apple makes Safari for OS7 nor does KDE make Konquerer for KDE 1.1Why the f**k don't you post this fact out along with your anti-MS rant?
dkoonNov 1, 2006
at least 3 pitches per hour on digg.
init2nullNov 1, 2006
The for-profit aspect doesn't matter, since Mozilla Corporation exists solely to support the purposes of the foundation. These are just legal definitions, so I just don't see why anyone is concerned.
Closed AccountNov 1, 2006
Isn't Opera the most accessible browser? I find it a lot more polished than Firefox in terms of usability.
aaronlevNov 1, 2006
Accessibility means software is usable by people with disabilities. Opera is not usable by people who are blind, that operate software with a screen reader like JAWS or Window-Eyes.Firefox is the first web browser to work on making Web 2.0 / AJAX / DHTML applications accessible.
saifatlastNov 1, 2006
The "what work needs to be done" is part of the subject.It's just like "the people who kill them" isn't a complete sentence.
xerathNov 11, 2006
>Accessibility means software is usable by people with disabilities. Opera is not >usable by people who are blind, that operate software with a screen reader like>JAWS or Window-Eyes.Big lieOpera is by far much more accessible.Opera has built-in default keyboard shortcuts for all common actions, many of them are one key shortcuts. It supports mouse gestures allowing control with the mouse only.It's currently the only browser which supports spatial navigation.It has FULL voice control, and READS the web-page for you.It supports full web-page zoom.It has a set of user style-sheets, to enhance several elements in the web-page, or change the display to high contrast for fonts, which can be easily triggered in the View menu.Firefox has none of these except almost for the keyboard shortcuts.
fat32Dec 30, 2006
Read recent article by Gez "access" Lemon "Firefox 2.0 and Access Keys":<a class="user" href="http://juicystudio.com/article/firefox2-accesskeys.php">http://juicystudio.com/article/firefox2-accesskeys.php</a>