Accessibility and web innovation. Chris Heilmann - Funkas Tillgänglighetsdagar, April 2011
Accessibility and web innovation.
Chris Heilmann - Funkas Tillgänglighetsdagar, April 2011
Hello there...
Chris Heilmann@codepo8
wait-till-i.com#html5
Worries about accessibility
Disconnect
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gergtreble/4462755376/
e big web re-boot.
Accessibility the show-stopper?
Accessibility tech is falling behind
Figure and Figcaption
<figure> <img src="bingresults.jpg" alt="screenshot of Microsoft Bing"> <figcaption> Figure 1: A search result page </figcaption></figure>
ARIA needs IDs
<figure> <img alt="screenshot of Microsoft Bing" src="bingresults.jpg" aria-describedby="figurecap0"> <figcaption id="figurecap0"> Figure 1: A search result page </figcaption></figure>
ARIA needs to move on, too...
You need to be accessible - it is the law!
Accessible products are better products
ose crazy kids and their ideas - it'll never work!
It is new! Everybody duck!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/publicenergy/4222279663/
Painting a wrong image of accessibiliy
Accessibility is everywhere!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_girl/24593210/
Lowering the kerb for people who want to like accessibility
Digitising the world for conversion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/linnybinnypix/1189018851/
Structuring allows conversion
Being loud and proud and communicating across borders
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xakaxunknownx/46196787/
Don't just tell me, show me!
Right now, the web doesn't work that way.
Bad interfaces with broken promises
Accessibilty enhancements as a paci!er
“we added stuff for accessibility!”
Truth is - accessibility is hot right now
Mobile needs are accessibility needs.
Structured documents can be redesigned
Science #ction shows us what could be done.
You and I can be Iron Man!
Emerging technologies are human and more accessible
Speech recognition.
Touch interfaces.
Device orientation and gyroscopes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnerobot/3554231094/
Hidden functionality for those in the know
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APIs
Opening up YouTube
Opening up YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwsDKaalgq8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiuT0y0KR6I
Geek pride can be yours
Give simple instructions
Setting technology free
Native video and audio
Syncing video and other content
http://mbostock.github.com/d3/
Native rich interaction and styles
Input and output
Stop thinking in limits
e web is the platform
e web is the platform
e web is the platform
http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/
Stop preaching to the choir
Stand proud and tall - we can be a butter"y!
anks!
Chris Heilmann@codepo8
#mozilla#html5/freenet