Creating Compelling Experiences Remember: We’re all different Saqib Shaikh, Microsoft

Ajax and ARIA Microsoft makes range of products/platforms Utilising wide variety of technologies ARIA adopted in several products Internet Explorer 8 supports ARIA Included in ASP.Net 4.0 Which also produces more semantic markup

Microsoft makes range of products/platforms

Utilising wide variety of technologies

ARIA adopted in several products

Internet Explorer 8 supports ARIA

Included in ASP.Net 4.0

Which also produces more semantic markup

WPF/Silverlight WPF: Next gen desktop UI platform Silverlight: In-browser UI framework Multi-language: C#/VB/Ruby/Python/JS Silverlight subset of WPF Use same skills, share code Same accessibility API: UI Automation

WPF: Next gen desktop UI platform

Silverlight: In-browser UI framework

Multi-language: C#/VB/Ruby/Python/JS

Silverlight subset of WPF

Use same skills, share code

Same accessibility API: UI Automation

UI Automation Cross-platform, open standard Accessible on Linux, theoretically Mac Standard API for “programmatic access” Default controls have UIA for free “ Lookless Controls” separate style/behaviour If need custom controls, UIA standard .Net API

Cross-platform, open standard

Accessible on Linux, theoretically Mac

Standard API for “programmatic access”

Default controls have UIA for free

“ Lookless Controls” separate style/behaviour

If need custom controls, UIA standard .Net API

More on Silverlight Accessibility Keyboard navigation Media overlays for captions/signing Check if user wants high contrast In SL3 access high contrast colours Notified when browser zoom changes Self-voicing web page possible via web service SL4 may have microphone/webcam support

Keyboard navigation

Media overlays for captions/signing

Check if user wants high contrast

In SL3 access high contrast colours

Notified when browser zoom changes

Self-voicing web page possible via web service

SL4 may have microphone/webcam support

Resources http://msdn.com/accessibility http://amp.codeplex.com http://ButtercupReader.net http://code-magazine.com (2008 Vol5 Issue4) http://SaqibShaikh.com Email SaqibS@Microsoft.com

http://msdn.com/accessibility

http://amp.codeplex.com

http://ButtercupReader.net

http://code-magazine.com (2008 Vol5 Issue4)

http://SaqibShaikh.com

Email SaqibS@Microsoft.com

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