Thanks, the alt+s hotkey was mainly designed for keyboard only users who may wish for a quick method to jump back into the search edit field from within the page content. This prevents the need for excessive tabbing and scrolling for sighted users. ----- Original Message ----- From: tribble To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:12 PM Subject: Re: Looking for beta testers for accessible AJAX service Nice site. I really like the headers that let me skip to where I need to go without wading through all of the fluff. It would be nice if some of the lists of links were marked by a header as well, so I can navigate through the whole thing typing h. But then you have a hotkey for that block (I think). In general I would prefer avoiding adding any more hotkeys for use just by a page for the reasons that they might conflict with some screen reader or script commands, and also because it is hard to keep track of all the hotkeys we as blind persons have to memorize to access windows. One question: Why the alt+S hotkey when browser searches already search edit fields? Guess I should play around with it more and see the difference. Nice job though. Is this going to be adopted by amazon perchance? Whom do you work for? --le ----- Original Message ----- From: Bryan Garaventa To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 8:24 PM 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No viruses found in this incoming message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.5.5 http://www.iolo.com