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= Mozilla Accessibility | = Mozilla Accessibility Summit = | ||
= October 10-12 in Cambridge, MA = | = October 10-12 in Cambridge, MA = | ||
Meeting location: | |||
IBM/Lotus building | |||
1 Rogers Street | |||
Room 3382 | |||
Cambridge, MA | |||
== Participants and Presentations== | == Participants and Presentations== | ||
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<tr><th>Who</th><th>Organization</th><th>Location</th><th>Role</th><th>Attending Gnome summit as well?</th></tr> | <tr><th>Who</th><th>Organization</th><th>Location</th><th>Role</th><th>Attending Gnome summit as well?</th></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Aaron Leventhal</td><td>IBM</td><td>Boston area</td><td>A11y module owner</td><td>Partially</td></tr> | <tr><td>Aaron Leventhal</td><td>IBM</td><td>Boston area</td><td>A11y module owner</td><td>Partially</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Frank Hecker</td><td>Mozilla Foundation</td><td>Columbia, MD</td><td>Mozilla Foundation Excutive Director</td><td>No</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>Mark Pilgrim</td><td>IBM</td><td>Raleigh, NC</td><td>Chrome a11y owner</td><td>No</td></tr> | <tr><td>Mark Pilgrim</td><td>IBM</td><td>Raleigh, NC</td><td>Chrome a11y owner</td><td>No</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Peter Parente</td><td>IBM</td><td>Chapel Hill, NC</td><td>LSR(Linux Screen Reader) lead</td><td>Partially</td></tr> | <tr><td>Peter Parente</td><td>IBM</td><td>Chapel Hill, NC</td><td>LSR(Linux Screen Reader) lead</td><td>Partially</td></tr> | ||
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<tr><td>William Walker</td><td>Sun</td><td>Nashua, NH</td><td>Orca lead</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | <tr><td>William Walker</td><td>Sun</td><td>Nashua, NH</td><td>Orca lead</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Bill Haneman</td><td>Sun</td><td>Dublin, Ireland</td><td>ATK/AT-SPI lead</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | <tr><td>Bill Haneman</td><td>Sun</td><td>Dublin, Ireland</td><td>ATK/AT-SPI lead</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Hakan Waara</td><td>Independent</td><td>Stockholmn, Sweden</td><td>OSX a11y</td><td>No</td></tr> | <tr><td>Hakan Waara</td><td>Independent</td><td>Stockholmn, Sweden</td><td>OSX a11y</td><td>No</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Shane Anderson</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines & testing</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | <tr><td>Shane Anderson</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines & testing</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Aaron Andersen</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines & testing (one of the founders of XUL Planet)</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | <tr><td>Aaron Andersen</td><td>WebAIM, Utah State University</td><td>Logan, UT</td><td>XUL a11y guidelines & testing (one of the founders of XUL Planet)</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>oatsoft.org</td><td>Exeter, England</td><td>no project yet</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | <tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>oatsoft.org</td><td>Exeter, England</td><td>no project yet</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Rich Caloggero</td><td>WGBH</td><td>Boston, MA</td><td>No declared project</td><td>No</td></tr> | <tr><td>Rich Caloggero</td><td>WGBH</td><td>Boston, MA</td><td>No declared project</td><td>No</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Peter Korn</td><td>Sun</td><td>Oakland, CA</td><td>UNIX Accessibility</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>Mike Pedersen</td><td>Sun</td><td>San Francisco, CA</td><td>Orca Usability Engineer</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>Cal Swart</td><td>IBM</td><td>Hawthorne, NY</td><td>accessibilityWorks</td><td>No</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>Nagappan A</td><td>Novell</td><td>Bangalore, India</td><td>LDTP Lead</td><td>Partially</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>Zhaozhou Li</td><td>SUN</td><td>Beijing, China</td><td>Solaris Desktop</td><td>Yes</td></tr> | |||
</table> | </table> | ||
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=== HTML, DHTML & AJAX accessibility overview (Aaron Leventhal) === | === HTML, DHTML & AJAX accessibility overview (Aaron Leventhal) === | ||
=== Testing overview === | === Testing overview === | ||
* Current testing procedures, Wayne Deangelo, | * Current testing procedures, Wayne Deangelo, | ||
* LDTP demo and discussion | * LDTP demo and discussion, Nagappan A, | ||
* How can we improve testing (automation, unit testing coverage, cooperation) | * How can we improve testing (automation, unit testing coverage, cooperation) | ||
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* Events | * Events | ||
=== OS X accessibility, led by Hwaara === | === OS X accessibility, led by Hwaara === | ||
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* XUL/UI group (work on new XUL a11y guidelines skeleton) | * XUL/UI group (work on new XUL a11y guidelines skeleton) | ||
* Testing group | * Testing group | ||
=== accessibilityWorks demo led by Cal Swart === | |||
Latest revision as of 15:20, 25 November 2006
Mozilla Accessibility Summit
October 10-12 in Cambridge, MA
Meeting location:
IBM/Lotus building
1 Rogers Street
Room 3382
Cambridge, MA
Participants and Presentations
Introductions
| Who | Organization | Location | Role | Attending Gnome summit as well? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Leventhal | IBM | Boston area | A11y module owner | Partially |
| Frank Hecker | Mozilla Foundation | Columbia, MD | Mozilla Foundation Excutive Director | No |
| Mark Pilgrim | IBM | Raleigh, NC | Chrome a11y owner | No |
| Peter Parente | IBM | Chapel Hill, NC | LSR(Linux Screen Reader) lead | Partially |
| Ginn Chen | Sun | Beijing, China | A11y peer, focus on Linux | Yes |
| William Walker | Sun | Nashua, NH | Orca lead | Yes |
| Bill Haneman | Sun | Dublin, Ireland | ATK/AT-SPI lead | Yes |
| Hakan Waara | Independent | Stockholmn, Sweden | OSX a11y | No |
| Shane Anderson | WebAIM, Utah State University | Logan, UT | XUL a11y guidelines & testing | Yes |
| Aaron Andersen | WebAIM, Utah State University | Logan, UT | XUL a11y guidelines & testing (one of the founders of XUL Planet) | Yes |
| Steve Lee | oatsoft.org | Exeter, England | no project yet | Yes |
| Rich Caloggero | WGBH | Boston, MA | No declared project | No |
| Peter Korn | Sun | Oakland, CA | UNIX Accessibility | Yes |
| Mike Pedersen | Sun | San Francisco, CA | Orca Usability Engineer | Yes |
| Cal Swart | IBM | Hawthorne, NY | accessibilityWorks | No |
| Nagappan A | Novell | Bangalore, India | LDTP Lead | Partially |
| Zhaozhou Li | SUN | Beijing, China | Solaris Desktop | Yes |
Overview of where we are and where we're going
- Cross platform accessibility, API support
- Support for XUL, HTML, DHTML, upcoming XForms support
- Potential upcoming projects: SVG, MathML, Webforms
AT demos and technical discussion
- Orca (William Walker)
- LSR (Peter Parente)
- GOK (David Bolter)
Gnome/Mozilla overlap (led by Bill Haneman)
- E.g. what changes are needed in DHTML a11y or ATK in order to have them work well together?
XUL accessibility overview (by Mark Pilgrim)
- Brief discussion of non-Firefox apps and extension projects
XUL Accessibility Guidelines & Evaluation (by Shane Anderson and Aaron Andersen)
- Overview of XUL guidelines
- Evaluation methods and tools
HTML, DHTML & AJAX accessibility overview (Aaron Leventhal)
Testing overview
- Current testing procedures, Wayne Deangelo,
- LDTP demo and discussion, Nagappan A,
- How can we improve testing (automation, unit testing coverage, cooperation)
Architecture discussions:
- Cache
- Wrap classes
- Tree walking
- Hypertext accessible
- Events
OS X accessibility, led by Hwaara
Split into groups, work on individual problems (bring your debuggers)
- Linux group
- Mac group
- XForms group
- XUL/UI group (work on new XUL a11y guidelines skeleton)
- Testing group