Accessibility and web innovation. (no notes)

Accessibility and webinnovation. Chris Heilmann - Funkas Tillgänglighetsdagar, April 2011

Hello there... Chris Heilmann @codepo8 wait-till-i.com #html5

Worries about accessibility

Disconnect

e big web re-boot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gergtreble/4462755376/

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 thelaw!

Accessible products are better products

ose crazy kids and their ideas - itllnever 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 whowant to like accessibility

Digitising the world for conversion http://www.flickr.com/photos/linnybinnypix/1189018851/

Structuring allows conversion

Being loud and proud andcommunicating across borders http://www.flickr.com/photos/xakaxunknownx/46196787/

Dont just tell me, show me!

Right now, the web doesnt work thatway.

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 beredesigned

Science ction shows us what could bedone.

You and I can be Iron Man!

Emerging technologies are human andmore accessible

Speech recognition.

Touch interfaces.

Device orientation and gyroscopes

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnerobot/3554231094/

Hidden functionality for those in theknow +

Opening up YouTube

Opening up YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwsDKaalgq8 http://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

Native rich interaction and styles http://mbostock.github.com/d3/

Input and output

Stop thinking in limits

e web is the platform

http://webvisum.com/

http://www.universalsubtitles.org/en/

Stop preaching to the choir

Stand proud and tall - we can be abutter y!

anks!Chris Heilmann @codepo8 #mozilla#html5/freenet

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