Re: Looking for beta testers for accessible AJAX service
- From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:06:51 -0700
I played around with some different methods, such as only using H tags for
the title, but the bad thing when leaving some of the other info out is that
you have to arrow around in addition to using the header commands to find out
the title and author, or title and artist, etc. Having more info seemed
preferable to having too little during navigation. Also, these are dynamic
regions to some extent, so it changes somewhat depending on the type of product
being searched for. A fine point, but I can tweak it as needed in the future if
it gets to be a bit too much.
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles E. Black
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:57 PM
Subject: RE: Looking for beta testers for accessible AJAX service
Is there a purpose for having the title, publisher, print date, etc in the
same heading. You might wish to make them each their own heading level or make
just the titles be headings. Just some food for thought.
Charles E. Black
charlesblackusc@xxxxxxxxx
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryan Garaventa
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:25 PM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Looking for beta testers for accessible AJAX service
Hopefully this isn't off topic, but I need beta testers from the blind
community if anyone is interested.
The service is an AJAX driven Amazon.com search engine, which is now live at
http://gutterstar.net/amazon.php
It includes quite a few accessibility enhancements, including focus
redirection when new pages load, and the following hotkey shortcuts:
Alt+S = Search edit field.
Alt+` = The main dynamic content header.
Alt+B = Back in the virtual browser history.
Alt+F = Forward in the virtual browser history.
There is also a fairly comprehensive header structure as well, which makes it
very easy to skip between product sections while browsing.
I haven't made the service public yet, because I would like to get people's
input to see if there is anything that I can do to make the service
1. Easier to use.
2. More accessible for screen reader users.
3. more reliable by identifying any missed bugs.
If you would like to send me any feedback, I'd really appreciate it. Please
email me at
bryan.garaventa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I'll likely see it first at this address.
Thanks,
Bryan
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