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Accessibility Information for Core Gecko Developers

  1. DHTML Accessibility Plan

    Dynamic web content is not accessible, because it uses vanilla <div>'s and <span>'s combined with Javascript rather than declarative markup to describe the behavior of custom widgets such as menus and tree views. These widgets are usually not even keyboard focusable. Furthermore, assistive technologies do not understand what these widgets are supposed to be or what state they're in or what they're capable of. This document tackles such difficulties and shows several interactive desktop-style widgets such as tree views, menu bars and spreadsheets which are accessible both with the keyboard and assistive technologies such as screen readers, screen magnifiers and alternative input devices. This document gives a plan which is being developed by IBM, Mozilla and WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG) to address the issue of DHTML Accessibility.

  2. Mozilla Accessibility Architecture

    This is architecture document explaining how we implement the cross-platform accessibility layer in Mozilla. It contains a class hierararchy and an explanation of the accessibility cache. Additional material: the event flow diagram contributed by Sun's Beijing Mozilla Accessibility team.

  3. Unix Accessibility Project

    This is about Sun's accessibility project.

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